Science is specifically not just using "common sense", what are you talking about?
And no, I don't need to buy into the idea of climate change at all to take the contents of the article at face value.
And no, I don't need to buy into the idea of climate change at all to take the contents of the article at face value.
Common sense is essentially how people think. Scientists are also people. If claims don't add up or data is missing to support a claim, common sense can be used to spot it.