Are most share traders members of the scientific illiterati or is it just the ones who post on 'Australia's most popular share discussion board' HotCopper? Could be worth some research (on another day).
The following examples show that anything posted on HotCopper should be read with supreme scepticism if you must read it at all.
Monckton gets it wrong again
My buddy Daruma is a good bloke, but he mistakenly thinks it's cooling. He's been hoodwinked by 'evidence' provided as a rambling error-filled non-science article from climate science denier, birther and professional entertainer of the elderly, Christopher Monckton.
Deniers 'need their heads read'
Not only that, but there are five more HotCopper-ites who agree with him than disagree (+5 thumbs up). This is despite the chart that butcherboy (Physics Honours graduate currently doing a Masters in climate studies) posted and got thumbed down for his efforts:
adding a copy of struggler's chart from SkepticalScience.com (saving HotCopperites a mouse click). The chart is a gif animation. If the animation doesn't show up*, click on the chart to open it in a new window.
HotCopper favours dumbing down and denialism (in line with its unwritten policies /s)
Science is an elite leftist scam - what?
In another thread, this post from Denmor sums up the average HotCopperites view of science in general:
HotCopper science deniers don't know the difference between science and politics, and any science they don't like must be a 'scam' by the 'elite left of politics'.
It really is getting hotter and hotter
Finally, let's look at some real science showing how temperatures are trending with and without the influence of ENSO, solar and volcanoes (derived from Foster and Rahmstorf (2011) by SkepticalScience). It clearly shows that this global warming is from greenhouse gases, not from ENSO, volcanoes or the sun:
(This is a gif animation.)
* If the animations don't show up, set you browser to display web animations. In IE open Internet Options and go to the multimedia section of advanced settings and select 'play animations in web pages', then restart your browser.
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