Just generally, the hypothesis that temperature drives CO2 rather than the other way around has better explanatory power, and makes more intuitive sense to me as well.
So, do we believe you or thousands of scientists and thousands of scientific papers? Isn't it a bit more relevant what makes sense to people who are actual experts?
Firstly, many of the 'thousands of scientists and thousands of scientific papers' don't say what most Warmistas have heard that they say.
I don't know what these so-called "Warmistas" are saying, but there is a clear consensus that it's warming, and that it's caused by human emissions.
Secondly, 'thousands' of people confessed to witchcraft over the years and were punished appropriately. 'Thousands' of experts in witchcraft formed a strong 'consensus' about the subject and used state-of-the-art science to deal with the various catastrophes that witches brought about.
So now you're resorting to comparing science with superstition? Even a child is able to tell the difference: Science is based on actual facts and data. It's verified through huge amounts of research. On the other hand, witchcraft is superstition where all it has going for it is blind faith.
You are basically attacking all of science here, and equating it with superstition. Why am I not surprised?
Thirdly, if one is ejected from the ranks of 'expert' by going against the grain then no, the surviving hypothesis is not especially relevant.
Who has been "ejected"? Scientists disagree on things all the time. And they settle things by publishing papers on the topic. Thousands of such papers on climate have been published by thousands of scientists, and there is a clear consensus. I dare you to name a single respected scientific body that does not accept AGW.
In order to explain away the consensus, you will need to resort to conspiracy theories similar to "Bush was behind 9/11", "Moon Landing Hoax", "vaccines are harmful and were created to kill people", "the aliens were already here, but the world's governments are hiding it". There's simply no other way to explain away the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change.
By the way, this is a good example of the major contradictions from those who reject science: First it is claimed that their friends are ejected from scientific positions, but then it is claimed that their friends have produced lots of studies disproving AGW. You can't have it both ways. And by the way, Richard Lindzen and a number of other scientists who are still happily publishing scientific papers disprove the claim that you are ejected if you go against the grain.
So not only major contradictions, but also obvious factual errors. It basically looks like you are making up arguments as you go.
In my mind, the jury is out on the science behind current atmospheric changes and the associated risks. It's a complex and (likely by design a) poorly understood subject.
The jury is not out on whether the warming is caused by CO2 or not. Nor whether continued warming will have negative effects overall. These have been settled a long time ago. By, you know, actual science rather than wishful thinking.
Two things I can say with confidence at this point:
1) The science is NOT settled
2) The issue is currently being totally abused to run a variety of scams in which by this time TRILLIONS of dollars have changed hands. Somehow it seems to be the case that everything the 'scientific consensus of experts' produces supports more scammery rather than less and promotes certain projects of certain of those in unrelated fields of politics and social science.
The science is settled insofar as there is a clear consensus on the warming and its cause, as well as its negative effects.
As I mentioned, in order to explain away this overwhelming consensus where not a single respected scientific body rejects the consensus position, you need to resort to the craziest conspiracy theories.
It's quite similar to how creationists attack Evolution. They use basically the same arguments: "There's no consensus. Scientists that don't accept Evolution are thrown out. Thousands of scientists as well as just about all governments on the planet are using Evolution to further their evil agenda."