None of the skeptic blogs actually posted the survey link. There are comments in the blogs that did post it openly discussing how its meant to associate 'deniers' with conspiracy theorists. Also, IT WAS AN INTERNET QUESTIONNAIRE.
Of the respondents who were 'deniers', half of them held positions inconsistent with the majority of the skeptic blog community. The large majority of 'conspiracy theorists' fell into this group. If you remove those who are inconsistent, then the 'denier' and 'believer' communities aren't too different.
It's funny because this is exactly the sort of thing that the skeptics complain about: the problems with the research are not intentional, but negligent. If they invited a denier who had views even slightly more rational than Sen. Inhofe, they could have done a legitmate study.
None of the skeptic blogs actually posted the survey link. There are comments in the blogs that did post it openly discussing how its meant to associate 'deniers' with conspiracy theorists. Also, IT WAS AN INTERNET QUESTIONNAIRE.
Of the respondents who were 'deniers', half of them held positions inconsistent with the majority of the skeptic blog community. The large majority of 'conspiracy theorists' fell into this group. If you remove those who are inconsistent, then the 'denier' and 'believer' communities aren't too different.
It's funny because this is exactly the sort of thing that the skeptics complain about: the problems with the research are not intentional, but negligent. If they invited a denier who had views even slightly more rational than Sen. Inhofe, they could have done a legitmate study.