Success Quote by Bradley A. Blakeman

The line isn’t trying to win an argument about climate science; it’s trying to win the audience. By tossing out a clean, lopsided ratio - “for every expert... there are 10 more” - Blakeman uses the most persuasive kind of statistic: the one that sounds concrete while being impossible to verify in the moment. It’s a rhetorical shortcut that converts a complex body of evidence into a vibe: don’t trust the so-called consensus, because the “real” experts are supposedly elsewhere.

The scare quotes around “climate change” do heavy lifting. They signal to sympathetic readers that the term itself is suspect, a branding exercise rather than a description of physical reality. That punctuation is a wink, inviting skepticism as an identity. The phrase “humans are the cause” narrows the debate to a binary question of blame, sidestepping the more policy-relevant questions (degree of contribution, risk, timeline, cost of action versus inaction). It’s not about precision; it’s about permission to disengage.

Context matters here: as a businessman rather than a scientist, Blakeman is speaking from a world where uncertainty can be leveraged, not resolved. The underlying intent is inoculation. If you can convince people the expert class is split - wildly split - then delay becomes reasonable, regulation becomes overreach, and fossil-fueled normalcy stays protected. The subtext is cultural as much as factual: climate concern is framed as a factional belief system, and disbelief as common sense backed by an invisible majority.