evidence: This style of selective wording and lack of context, an approach called "cherry picking", applies to every one of Dr. Koonin’s scientific comments." [...] Commentary in The Australian by Ian Plimer relies on false claims to make its case "If you think that potentially causing hundreds of millions of refugees and trillions of dollars in damages is fine because some plants did well in the same conditions millions of years ago when humans weren’t around, then you could support this article." [...] Western Journal op-ed deceives readers with completely unsupported claims "What would make their case stronger would be if they actually analysed all the data, engaged with the existing scientific literature and made their own contribution to our scientific understanding by publishing a scientific paper. The cherry picking exercise in this Western Journal article does not contribute to our scientific understanding of the world."