With all the push back comments towards climate change skepticism.  I find it appropriate to  pass a long the following. The words of an exceptional teacher I had the good fortune to encounter early on before my footprints in the stands of time would run deep , as she was fond of saying.

Debate  itself can not exist unless wrong opinions could be rightfully offered by those who suppose them to be right.

Would we value scientific research if it were not for the skeptics?