What has been blown way out of proportion?

@BlueMetalChick Yeah to me🙂

@Gusman Who are you more likely to trust? Researchers who are on payroll from oil companies and the fossil fuel industry, or publicly-funded independent scientists with no chance for monetary gain?

@BlueMetalChick 🤔Need to think about that for a while. Will let you know in a few Years

@Gusman I know you're joking, and it is somewhat funny, but unfortunately a lot of people say that and they mean it. Because, as with most disagreements of this kind in which the factual cogency of a claim is called into question, the only thing that the opposing side needs to do to "win" is to convince people that the jury is still out. So in other words, climate science deniers don't need to convince the undecided that climate change is a hoax, but rather all they need to do is coerce them to believe that we're still not quite sure. It MIGHT be true, but it also might NOT be true. And as long as that notion is common, they're winning, because the presence of even a small amount of doubt prevents people from acting upon the problem.

@BlueMetalChick You said it perfectly. 👍