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>it takes a massive amount of hubris to think that we can do anything to the rock we live on that will affect it in any meaningful way. I think the scientific
by namirez 8y ago
>it takes a massive amount of hubris to think that we can do anything to the rock we live on that will affect it in any meaningful way.
I think the scientific consensus is that we already have, sadly for the worse.
- yters 8y agoAre we doing more than a massive comet hitting the earth?
- thereisnospork 8y agoIs smoking a cigarette worse for you than getting shot in the head? If you want a discussion you have to ask a real question.
- yters 8y agoThe context is people in this thread claim current climate change is happening at a historically unprecedented rate. However, supposedly a comet struck our planet and wiped out most large animals. That would presumably be a global climate change that happened really quickly, probably more quickly than anything we can do. If so, it is false to say current climate change is historically unprecedented.
- thereisnospork 8y agoSure if you want to be pedantic about it there have (probably) been a few years in the geological record with higher deltaT's than what is currently being experienced due to volcanoes, comets, and etc. I'm sure someone else might want to debate what qualifies as 'climate' in climate change. My point: the implication of your statement is that the former is irrelevant to us [modern humanity] because the more extreme latter has occurred previously - which is a logical non-sequitur.
- yters 8y agoAnd yet we are here, despite the past.