Should we consider Flat Earthers, too?

This is a followup to a letter by Graham Morris on July 28, in response to a letter about climate change by Victor Dorian on July 22. I am responding to Morris' suggestion “Climate-change news should include skeptics.” However, a true skeptic is willing to change their mind if the evidence warrants it.

Since the evidence overwhelmingly indicates global warming and the resulting climate change are real and people are the main cause, climate skeptics are in reality disguised deniers. The vast majority of climate scientists, over 97 per cent, have stated we are causing climate change, and contrary to what Morris writes, this is not “public opinion,” it is expert, peer-reviewed opinion.

The “many learned scholars” mentioned by Morris represent less than three per cent of climate experts or purported climate experts.

Truth-seekers will respect the opinion of climate scientists who have studied the data for decades. Why should we accommodate the dangerous views of deniers? (Dangerous because it gives us an excuse to keep on burning fossil fuels and making our future even more expensive and possibly unlivable).

If these contrarian views are reported on, the claims made must be backed by science.

Otherwise, why should we take such minority, unscientific views into account any more than those who believe the earth is flat and that dinosaurs coexisted with us 6,000 years ago?

Omar Bahgat, Edmonton