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On 2/22/21 11:26, Mel Beckman wrote:
> What offended you? The term “Global Warmist”? It’s an accurate description of people who hold that climate change is causing more frequent and severe weather, due to heating of the atmosphere.
> 
> And your argument about “Forbes for something related to science” fails on the classic logical fallacy “appeal to authority”. Just because Forbes states easily verifiable public facts doesn’t make them untrustworthy. Scientific knowledge is best established by evidence and experiment rather than argued through authority by “consensus”. Science is not a consensus enterprise.

I'm not offended in any way, but I did note that the cited link is an 
opinion piece that is more than seven years old. Forbes states both of 
these facts before the article even begins.

It claims that NOAA data shows hurricanes declining. Here's the NOAA 
graph. Judge for yourself. https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/tornadoes/202013

The opinion piece also claims that hurricanes are declining in number. 
These numbers are also inaccurate (and at least seven years out of date).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_hurricane_season
http://www.stormfax.com/huryear.htm

In any case, it wasn't Forbes stating easily verifiable public facts. It 
was Forbes publishing the opinion of the president of a petroleum 
industry lobbying group who is now listed as a "former contributor".

Did I mention that the cited data is over seven years out of date? 
Following the links shows that some of the quoted sources were from 2005.

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