darkknight109 posted...Cool. Can we have weeklong debates on whether water is wet afterwards?
Bullshit we will.
I don't have time to debate every moron who wants to argue for hours about basic facts, thinking that their high school education and hundreds of hours reading Facebook memes equals my graduate degree, professional certification, and tens of thousands of hours of experience.
Could I have that debate? Sure. But will I? Fuck no. It is both beneath my dignity and a waste of my time to debate idiots and doing so gives their ill-founded views respect and attention they have not earned and do not deserve.
One does not have a serious, week-long debate with a toddler about the nutritional benefits of vegetables and why they should be eaten. Serious scientists should not be wasting their time debating climate change deniers, for pretty much the exact same reasons.
You're not a scientist though.