On Experts and Global Warming - NYTimes.com

The Stone is featuring occasional posts by Gary Gutting, a professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, that apply critical thinking to information and events that have appeared in the news.
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We non-experts are in no position to argue against the consensus of expert scientific opinion.
...Since we are not experts on the subject, our judgment has no standing.
...Once we board the train of climate science, there is no alternative to taking it wherever it may go.