I'm on that right now. I've been discussing critical thinking with my son. We've been discussing how if man causes "Global Warming" or "Climate Change", how does one explain 7-8 recorded climatical changes, and potentially more that have occured from 3,000BC through today?
What caused Egypt to turn from a garden paradise to a desert wasteland? What made the dark ages dark? How do we account for said climate changes as recorded and retrieved from polar ice samples without industrialization? How does one account for climatical changes on Mars? Does the sun have seasons like the Earth or is it always hot? If not, is the sun consistent throughout it's existence or does it live and die like any other star? Can solar changes impact the Earth? And so on...
He's been able to effectively end conversations with similar questions. The mindless brain-washed who forward such notions don't debate at this age, but they don't continue after being embarrased, either.
Good points and I am going to give them to my daughter. Since we are both doing the same thing let me know if you find anymore info and I will do the same. Rush has some great stuff on his website also.
My 12 year old has easily seen through junk taught to him (or mentioned by other students). In elementary school, there were a bunch of kids worried about cutting down trees because of an edangered owl.
My son thought they were crazy because you need wood to build houses, make paper, etc. He knew these kids used all of these products, but they didn't want to cut down the trees.
He says there are a lot of kids that are against the war. He says they can't tell you why except that all wars are bad. My son knows that's crazy because he loves military history. He's very into Roman history.