Climate Deniers and the “Straw Man” Fallacy

From Wikipedia:  A straw man is a form of argument and an informal fallacy of having the impression of refuting an argument, whereas the real subject of the argument was not addressed or refuted, but instead replaced with a false one. One who engages in this fallacy is said to be “attacking a straw man.”

A reader, Tom, sent me this for comment.  We humans are being told that we’re to blame for the temperature of the galaxy?

I’m happy to report that I don’t know anyone other than Tom who lacks the intellect to see this for what it is, or would have the level of dishonesty required to deliberately misrepresent the climate challenge on such a grand scale.