I do not think condescension and mockery is the best way to make your case. Smiling all the time indicates you are not interested in serious debate.
Malcolm Roberts (Left, source One Nation Website), Brian Cox (Right), source Wikimedia. By cellanr – Prof Brian Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30982875
Guest essay by Eric Worrall
Despite a hostile audience and a panel stacked with climate advocates, One Nation Federal Senator Malcolm Roberts did a credible job of holding his own, when questioned about his climate skepticism.
Source: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda/txt/s4499754.htm
My favourite Roberts quote at 4:02 in the excerpt:
I’m absolutely stunned that someone [Brian Cox] who is inspired by Richard Feynman, a fantastic scientist who believes in empirical evidence, is quoting Consensus.
Brian Cox attempted to embarrass Roberts with a copy an unnamed “Global Land Ocean Temperature” graph. Unfortunately for Cox, Roberts has expert knowledge of climate datasets. Roberts challenged the validity of the graph on the basis that it showed 1998 as being significantly cooler than 2015/16, and challenged Cox to provide details of the dataset…
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nottrampis
Aug 16, 2016 @ 23:03:14
Roberts came out looking like another conspiracy nutter. He wanted to have facts and when Cox provided the facts he simply disagreed.
no warming at all in sea temperatures. amazing what you can make up.
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Jim Rose
Aug 17, 2016 @ 00:39:54
Grinning like a Cheshire cat suggest a condescending approach to those who disagree with you.
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nottrampis
Aug 17, 2016 @ 09:19:59
It is the first time I came across cox and i found him impressive.
Nah he said nothing remotely condescending although he could have easily..
He was smiling because he was nervous.
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Jim Rose
Aug 17, 2016 @ 10:03:04
His NASA comment. Give away. Question NASA data and you must be a moon landing denier.
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nottrampis
Aug 17, 2016 @ 19:44:11
Roberts did come over as a moron. I shall use real science to demolish his claim tomorrow
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