Feb. 27, 2013
“The difficulties in debunking blatant antireality are legion. You can make up any old nonsense and state it in a few seconds, but it takes much longer to show why it’s wrong and how things really are.
“This is coupled with how sticky bunk can be. Once uttered, it’s out there, bootstrapping its own reality, getting repeated by the usual suspects….”
– From “Debunking the Denial: ‘16 Years of No Global Warming’” by Phil Plait at Slate.com