Australian Q&A: Professor Brian Cox takes on climate change-denying Senator - Polidicks

[quote=ABC News]There was a climate change showdown on Q&A last night when Professor Brian Cox and One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts were guests on the panel. Here's the best bits from their exchanges for you. The night began with an audience question to the British physicist, asking him to address Senator Roberts' request for proof of a human element in climate change.[/quote] Read more, and watch videos of the exchange, at [url]http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-16/professor-brian-cox-vs.-senator-malcolm-roberts/7746576?WT.tsrc=Facebook[/url] My favourite part is this: [quote=Q&A host Tony Jones]"Malcolm, you are hearing the interpretation of a highly qualified scientist and you're saying, "I don't believe that" — is that right?"[/quote] [quote=Senator Roberts]"I'm saying two things. First of all, that the data has been corrupted and we know..."[/quote] [quote=Professor Cox]"What do you mean by corrupted? What do you mean?"[/quote] [quote=Senator Roberts]"Been manipulated..."[/quote] [quote=Professor Cox]"By who?"[/quote] [quote=Senator Roberts]"By NASA..."[/quote] [quote=Professor Cox]"NASA?!"[/quote] [quote]*The audience began to laugh*[/quote] This is what happens when someone only needs to win 7.7% of the vote to be elected as a Senator. It provides a platform for morons.

Climate change deniers only function by deliberately ignoring hard facts and acting completely nonsensical, you could demolish them on a daily basis and they'd still insist that it was all made up.

[QUOTE=Reds;50893105]Climate change deniers only function by deliberately ignoring hard facts and acting completely nonsensical, you could demolish them on a daily basis and they'd still insist that it was all made up.[/QUOTE] Unfortunately by the hands and incentives of big oil being one of them.

[QUOTE=Reds;50893105]Climate change deniers only function by deliberately ignoring hard facts and acting completely nonsensical, you could demolish them on a daily basis and they'd still insist that it was all made up.[/QUOTE] We will never know if they genuinely believe that and are just being used by large corporations or if they are in on it as well

[QUOTE=Reds;50893105]Climate change deniers only function by deliberately ignoring hard facts and acting completely nonsensical, you could demolish them on a daily basis and they'd still insist that it was all made up.[/QUOTE] If you watch the video in the article, you will see that at one point Professor Cox literally threw pages of empirical evidence at Senator Roberts, haha.

Is Brian Cox wearing a Leather jacket under his blazer? I didn't think he could get more handsome

[QUOTE=sb27;50893175]If you watch the video in the article, you will see that at one point Professor Cox literally threw pages of empirical evidence at Senator Roberts, haha.[/QUOTE] I just love the part where Senator Roberts is like But the graph shows" and Brian Cox is like "What you mean THESE graphs!"

[QUOTE=Reds;50893105]Climate change deniers only function by deliberately ignoring hard facts and acting completely nonsensical, you could demolish them on a daily basis and they'd still insist that it was all made up.[/QUOTE] thats the genius of being a skeptic. Getting punted by facts? they're obviously being manipulated against me. Getting punted by scientists? They're obviously biased. Getting punted by mother nature? Well its obvious we don't know everything they're the shoops and we're the sheeple

[QUOTE=Sableye;50895575]thats the genius of being a skeptic. Getting punted by facts? they're obviously being manipulated against me. Getting punted by scientists? They're obviously biased. Getting punted by mother nature? Well its obvious we don't know everything they're the shoops and we're the sheeple[/QUOTE] That's not being a skeptic. That's called caring more about being right than knowing the truth.

The episode is being repeated on TV now, it's about as abysmal as I expected. "The rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are because the temperatures are rising."

I'm so glade we have Q&A here in Australia. That show is so important for the Australian public.

What is it with Conservative politicians named "Malcom" in Australia.

[QUOTE=Lord of Boxes;50911315]What is it with Conservative politicians named "Malcom" in Australia.[/QUOTE] I don't know of any 'Malcoms'. Any of you other Australians know any?

[QUOTE=Lord of Boxes;50911315]What is it with Conservative politicians named "Malcom" in Australia.[/QUOTE] He's not conservative - he is a nutjob.