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The purpose of the article is to point out that the last time the Earth saw sudden warming, almost all complex life went extinct.
by moultano 8y ago
The purpose of the article is to point out that the last time the Earth saw sudden warming, almost all complex life went extinct.
- lisper 8y agoYes, I just updated my comment to reflect that. But I think many people will, as I did, interpolate the truncated headline as, "The earth has seen sudden warming before [and therefore there's nothing to worry about because it all worked out the last time]."
- craftyguy 8y agoThat's why it is usually helpful to read more than just the headline.
- lisper 8y agoWell, yeah, but the fact of the matter is that many people don't, and this is not entirely indefensible. One must be selective about what one reads. There just aren't enough hours in the day. You can re-interpret my original comment as being about how misleading it is to truncate the original headline if you like. The untruncated version is <80 characters so there's no excuse.