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Indeed you point out one of the major problems in traversing the spheres of science and the public, since most of the public does not have the necessary background to take in all the scientific studies in their raw form. This is not helped by distrust stirred up by a few who do in fact have an anti-science agenda, who wrongly claim expertise where they have none and push real science out of the way through distorting its findings and misleading people. Whilst some people claim there is no consensus within science on climate change, in fact if you look at independent studies, those not carried out by those actually engaged in climate change research and receiving funding from those without directly invested interests in the matter, then you can see that there is almost universal consensus within science on the reality of global warming. In fact, although the media in general is rightly pointing out the reality of climate change, they are inadvertently, although in some cases deliberately, helping to create the false impression that there is no consensus. This is done by giving increased weight to sceptical views in articles which implies more controversy than there actually is. They may compare a for and against person in the same piece, suggesting an even split when in fact the for person is on eof tens of thousands whereas the against is only from a handful in reality. As such, the media's concept of 'balance' does not necessarily equal accuracy in its reporting. It also does not help that the issue is being looked at through a political lens. Though you may disagree with the people who often support the fight against climate change that need not tarnish your views on the issue itself. [[User:RobertWDP|RobertWDP]] 15:20, 2 March 2009 (EST)

Indeed you point out one of the major problems in traversing the spheres of science and the public, since most of the public does not have the necessary background to take in all the scientific studies in their raw form. This is not helped by distrust stirred up by a few who do in fact have an anti-science agenda, who wrongly claim expertise where they have none and push real science out of the way through distorting its findings and misleading people. Whilst some people claim there is no consensus within science on climate change, in fact if you look at independent studies, those not carried out by those actually engaged in climate change research and receiving funding from those without directly invested interests in the matter, then you can see that there is almost universal consensus within science on the reality of global warming. In fact, although the media in general is rightly pointing out the reality of climate change, they are inadvertently, although in some cases deliberately, helping to create the false impression that there is no consensus. This is done by giving increased weight to sceptical views in articles which implies more controversy than there actually is. They may compare a for and against person in the same piece, suggesting an even split when in fact the for person is on eof tens of thousands whereas the against is only from a handful in reality. As such, the media's concept of 'balance' does not necessarily equal accuracy in its reporting. It also does not help that the issue is being looked at through a political lens. Though you may disagree with the people who often support the fight against climate change that need not tarnish your views on the issue itself. [[User:RobertWDP|RobertWDP]] 15:20, 2 March 2009 (EST)