Who Do You Believe?

Question

Recently a respondant admitted to deliberating misinforming people with his answers, in order to receive attention and collect points. I knew this was being done in this category, but was surprised that someone would admit this so casually.

Do you trust the answers you get in this category overall? Do you verify them (as for homework questions) before you use the info?

Are there some whose answers you trust to be right on the money? Some who's "2 cents worth" isn't worth even that?

Answer 1

i just believe in my god

Answer 2

I have no faith what-so-ever when I see claims of highly degreed people hanging around on YA who simply parrot the opinions of officials like the IPCC.    Being an observer,  forecaster and meteorologist for nearly 30 years,   I can assure you that most common forecasters are dubious of the claims of Climate Change,  at least as a trend toward warming long into the future.

We just don't know that.   I am however in complete agreement with cleaning up the world to make it a safer place to live,  but it burns me up (no pun intended), when pseudo scientists lie about their education..

Answer 3

SINCE YOU ARE IN GLOBAL WARMING SECTION I WILL GUESS THIS QUESTION IS AIMED AT THAT ? TO A EXTENT THERE IS A SLIGHT WARMING UP ------1 DEGREE IN THE LAST 100 YEARS -----WOW . BUT IT IS NOT FOR THE REASONS GIVEN AS WE THE ( POLLUTING )PEOPLE . KEEP THIS IN MIND ---SEVERAL OTHER PLANETS ARE NOW WARMING UP --NOT JUST EARTH , AND GUESS WHAT WE DON'T LIVE ON THOSE PLANETS OR POLLUT THEM . THE PLANETS AND SUN ARE GOING THROUGH CYCLES AS THEY ALWAYS HAVE  ( REMEMBER READING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT ICE AGES IN SCHOOL , WELL IN-BETWEEN EACH ONE WAS A PERIOD OF GLOBAL WARMING )THIS ESCALATION OF WEATHER PATTERNS WILL GO THROUGH 2011 - 2012 WITH THE ALIGNMENT OF THE PLANETS LIKE WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE . THEN IT WILL LEVEL AND RETURN TO MORE STABLE WEATHER PATTERNS . WHEN YOU KNOW IT'S ALL NATURAL IT KILLS THE HYPE AND B.S. IN OTHER WORDS YOU CAN'T MAKE MONEY OFF WHAT IS NATURAL .

Answer 4

i always check the answers first and it depends on the question.

Answer 5

i don't understand the question... srry

Answer 6

my conscience only.  if i believe others, they will take it as an opportunity for their demands.

i know one thing.  The asker is the right person to choose an answer as ''best answer''..... trusting/believing is on the  individuals concerned.

Answer 7

this kind or forum is only good for gageing popular opinion & how well a small segment of the public is informed or missinformed. primarily to see how effective certain propaganda campaigns are.

it should certainly not be depended upon as a reliable information source.

everyone has an opinion to share & this is a good place for that. if you want actual science I suggest you check encylopedia britannica or a similar source. preferably printed on paper in a book.

Answer 8

I usually have a prejudice before answering. My job doesn't require me to be a truth seeker, but from the media I hear and read I form my reality of the world, just like everyone else.  I firmly believe anyone saying they are convinced by what is said here either hasn't done their homework or is looking for support for a given idea.

Lets be clear on this: this is not science its really social commentary about the environment, and how well the scientists are presenting their ideas. This may have implications on funding for their ideas. Or expanding their ideas into other areas.

IF THE SHOE FITS ..

You know the old question ; "If a tree falls in the forest and no one is ther to hear it, will it still make a sound?"

The answer depends on your definition of sound.

Now lets see "If the temperature of your refrigerator goes up and no one is there to measure it (or care about it) does it really get warm?"

I have read that the very observation of sub-atomic particles keeps us from observing and obtaining absolute zero. So its just an idea and a calculation derived from observation.

On a global warming idea being caused by man,,, this will be impossible to prove or disprove just because of the nature of observing and being observed. If the earth is warming is it natural or are we just measuring a slight fluctuation. We may never know cause the trend may continue then reverse, or reverse then come back and be a wider range in the next cycle or not as wide a range. In either case the measurement of temperature is relative to the person observing. Back in the 1960 and 70's were were putting out CO2 in such amounts that the atmosphere would turn cold like Mars and we'd have global cooling with ice caps as far south as NewYork. This undoubtly was caused by a person like me reading information into studies and not taking all the true enviroment into consideration.  then in the 1990's we had the OZONE scare over Antartica. And found the hole discovered by infrared satilite scans was growing. Then is shrank. Too late for the US ecomony and for ole "Freon R12". The expantion of the hole was theroized to be caused by Clorene gas  that combines with O2 and causes it to fall out of the atmosphere. Too late did scientists consider the same gas being put in the atmosphere from natural evaporation and from volcanic activity. Even our own EPA's answer to this was "well we cant't do anything about evaporation or volcanoes, but we can stop clorene from refrigerant getting into the atmosphere". SO now its stopped what about the hole did it heal? Get bigger, smaller, no one want to brag about their big enviromental impace publicly? If it saved the worlds ozone wouldnt you want to tell people it was a good thing? Alas no news is not news. And knowing what action we need to take (if any) to stop or reverse global warming might be the result of natural dewarming of the earth thus we'd never know if we caused it or not. So Im betting on idiots leading sheep to keep hammering their idiot idea into the heads of our grandchildren and keep the human cycle of not knowing alive.

Answer 9

I understand the question only to well.

And find it very sad indeed that this forum is taken so lightly by so many ,it devalues everything the honest people try to do as well as undermining the confidence of those who come here to ask questions

but also many people ask questions just for the h**l of it

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One person got mad at me when i answered his question in detail.he said he was bored and just asked a question ,did not expect such a detailed answer and called me an arrogant so and so  because i suggested he`d read up on some things giving directions ,saying if he was into reading he would not be in answers.

For someone to admit that his answers are wrong also just for the h**l of it indicates that they see nothing wrong with doing this

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Personally I am beginning to feel, that serious people are wasting their time on Answers with this flippant public that comes here,

Many don`t even want answers all they want is others to agree with them

the place is becoming like a cubicle with a screen and  a  roll of toilet paper on the wall

But yes there are a few people whose answers I respect and trust ,but i have been acquainted with their input for at least a year

The point system is rigged any way by yahoo itself ,only about half of my best answers reach the leader board lists ,if that.

in the last 3 weeks out of 20 best answers maybe 3 got added on ,this has been going on for years.

I still get best answers coming in from a suspended account from a year ago ,when they were NOT included either .Must be more than 50, in the last 6 months ,that was 500 points never recorded.

When i mentioned it in a question ,the question was deleted

so this answer could be deleted as well

Answer 10

NO,you are wrong.First,I will tell you that if I am giving the answer,it means that I am helping somebody.About, points I am not going to take interest.I will not get anything, if I got 1000 points.Why you are thinking,like this.If,you are not interested in giving answer,or helping others.Then ,why are you wasting your time on yahoo answer.Sorry,I am very straight forward man.

Answer 11

To coin a old phrase; "we can learn from our mistakes, but it's better to learn from others."  The complexity behind language interpretation, is almost anything can be taken out of context. When it comes to GW almost any and everything is relevant as for the science. What would that leave? Basically a tech manual, abstract, journal, citation, dissertation, or mathematical formulas...etc. Most people aren't geared for that, hence the generalizations. It's not that I trust or distrust, I like questions that take you down another path. On the average I don't verify, only if it's something I haven't heard before. One proponent  listed the atmospheric mixing as changing at certain levels. I knew it didn't work that way, but he was right.

Answer 12

I believe everything the Internet tells me!

Same thing goes for TV!  TV no lie to me!

hehe....it actually doesn't surprise me that some folks around here are spreading misinformation.  In fact, I have long contended that there are probably a few who are being PAID to do so.  Did your respondent admit to that?

Answer 13

Amy, some people are more biased on the subject then others and you can easily figure out who these people are, since their answers are the same old boring rheteric. I have done research and if asked I'll provide you with data, but alot of times I'm at work answring questions and don't have the links readily available since there on my home computer.

As for the person who admitted to deliberately misinforming people on here I'm sorry to here that. And its sorta sad they ffeel they need to do that to get validation. Most of us feel strongly about this topic, one way or another, and for someone to not really care and go about it just to collect points is crazy - I can't find a better word to use. Since points really don't matter in the scheme of things. I didn't see our read that answer myself, but I'm curious so I'll try to find it. ;-)

Answer 14

Looks like I missed that one

Oh yeah I do believe in changing environment, last summer down in Oz we had a extreme summer like never before it broke all the records,it was really hard to take.

Then finally it cools down and we get some rains well it looked good but not for long.

We are about to enter into the winter phase let me tell you I swear its spring outside.

Some Parts Of Australia are getting floods the other side nothing at all its all crazy.

So that Is why I do believe the environment IS changing now

Answer 15

i look on wikipedia not on here for help... or i call a friend... people on here are rude and weird.

Answer 16

That's a tough one Amy, researching is useful, yet for me I try to gage the individual by the way they write and their ability to engage respectfully.  I think we all tend to believe those whom we agree with, just human nature.

Answer 17

First of all, I do my own homework....

Secondly, I don't trust anyone on here.

Answer 18

im sorry, but i really dont understand your question

Answer 19

Who was it that admitted that?  If you don't want to say it here, you can email me through my profile.  I'm very curious to know who made such an admission.

I don't necessarily believe anyone.  There are people whose answers I've come to trust, but only because they're consistently accurate and almost always contain supporting evidence.  I could make a long list - gcnp, Ken, Bob, J S, Amy L, Benjamin, Alan, LRG, etc.  It's not just that I usually agree with them, but they always provide solid arguments with good supporting evidence.  If they say something new that I haven't heard, I always check their references to make sure it's accurate.

When a person makes a claim without supporting evidence, I only trust them if I already know it's true (from viewing previous evidence).  Most of the time (especially on YA) when somebody makes a claim without supporting evidence, it's flat-out wrong.  To be blunt, this is especially true of the deniers.  The science isn't on their side, and they rely on hearsay and misinformation, or don't even bother to make scientific claims but rather stick to the realm of politics.

The worst part is that the 'top answerer' in this category is one of the worst at providing accurate information.  He always says the same thing too - nobody can predict the future, eugenics, etc.  Definitely not worth 2 cents.

Answer 20

Its pretty easy to identify whether the person knows what they are talking about or not. I usually have some knowledge on the subject I'm interested in, and you can just feel the 'intelligence vibe' in good, thorough answers.