2. Logical fallacies are often used by people on both sides of debates about cli

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2. Logical fallacies are often used by people on both sides of debates about climate change. Can you identify the logical fallacies being used in the statements below? "Scientists said that the Earth was flat and they were proved wrong so scientists who say that climate change is happening willalso be proved wrong." "I'm a scientist so you should believe everything I say about climate change." "Al Gore is an idiot so you shouldn't listen to him." "We can either maintain our economy or we can prevent climate change "You say global warming is real but it snowed yesterday in Washington DC." ." weon't have long tesfromewr so e can't say anything for certain about temperature trends on Earth." "If we don't do something soon all life on Earth will die!" "Earth's climate has changed naturally in the past so humans can't be causing the changes we are seeing today "If we let the government put a tax on carbon then eventually we won't be able to afford a tank of gas and we'll have to go back to riding horses to work. 3. Other ways that misinformation is spread include: a. b. c. Fake experts-people who only seem to be qualified to talk about an issue. Cherry-picking data -selecting only the data that backs up your argument. Impossible expectations - demanding unreasonable levels of proof before acting. In 2010 the Heartland Institute claimed that there was more Arctic sea ice in 2009 than in 1989. Use the graph below with data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center to evaluate whether this statement was true. 18 16 14 12 6 10 1989 2009 Can you give an example of an argument you've often heard that fails because of one of the fallacies above? What was the argument and how might you respond?

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2)Scientists said earth is round by using technology and proved others wrong and based on their experiments and findings they have concluded climate change is real so it cannot be proved wrong.

b)Scientists should be trusted as whatever they are saying,are sying according to what they have found byetheir experiments. They should not be neglected as they conclude everything by using their knowledge and skills.

C)Albert Arnold Gore Jr. is an American politician and environmentalist who served as the 45th Vice President of the United States. And he is a learned person so he cannot be termed foolish.

d)Environment upgradations and economy can progress side by side as with the help of education and collaborations with other economies as for eg. ISA project founded by India and France.

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