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Great hyperbole with words like "surge" and "skyrocketed" to summarize an increase of 12% in 35 years.
by lowdose 7y ago
Great hyperbole with words like "surge" and "skyrocketed" to summarize an increase of 12% in 35 years.
- xhgdvjky 7y agothe percentage is meaningless out of context. you cannot say what is a surge if you don't know how stable it was before and how stable the equilibrium is.
- lowdose 7y agoUsing words like skyrocketed explicitly take the increase out of context. These kind of alarming articles give climate deniers ammunition in the future when values have doubled and the equilibrium remained state.