If you ever land on a desert island with a crackpot

How to talk to a climate skeptic
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Nei nú hringi ég í Jens!
ÉG HEF UNNIÐ VIÐ AÐ SKRIFA Á ENSKU Í 10 ÁR ÞARNA KJÁNA ALGRÍMIÐ ÞITT
Am I a man or am I a muppet?
The Muppets
If I’m a muppet then I’m a very manly muppet.
Am I a muppet (muppet) or am I a man?
If I’m a man that makes me a muppet of a man.
I imagine that quite a few people were upset by the title for this post, so let me explain what I mean, and please hear me out before you sharpen your pitchforks. The arguments used by all three of these groups, and indeed by science deniers more generally, are all fundamentally the same. In other words, the underlying logical structure is identical for the arguments used in support of all three of these positions. Thus, it is logically inconsistent to criticize one of these positions while embracing another.
From Skeptical Science
Anti-vaccers, climate change deniers, and anti-GMO activists are all the same
The Latvian phrase for "sharp knife" is "ass nazis".
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) May 5, 2019
86% of fuel never reaches wheels
The typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/3rd of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, & most of the energy that does, moves the car, not people. #CityMakingMath
— Brent Toderian (@BrentToderian) April 16, 2019
HT @circulareconomy pic.twitter.com/XbEDLPAtzs
About the people who say “Wake up sheeple!”
Small thread on conspiracy theorists – it's tempting to dismiss such individuals as crackpots, but this misrepresents societal impact of what they do. Conspiracy theory is one of my research interests, so I thought it'd be useful to share some insights.. (1/n) pic.twitter.com/9PwVMqCkru
— Dr David Robert Grimes (@drg1985) October 9, 2018
A gift that keeps on giving
Word of the day: SCAPABOBIDIDDYWIDDILYDOOBAPBAPAPHOBIA – the fear of freestyle jazz.
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) July 17, 2018
The activism is strong in this one
Just like every night has its dawn
Poison
Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song
Every rose has its thorn