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I'm talking about all the sky-falling alarmism in all its forms, past and present.

• perfunctory 7y ago
  Sure, doomsday prophecy is a permanent bizarre feature of human culture. It creates its own problem though - the boy who cried wolfs paradox. Not all alarms are falls. You must remember the ozone hole alarmism. We don't hear much about it anymore, but not because it was a false alarm, but because people actually did something about it - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Protocol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Protocol
  • loons2 7y ago
    Yup. Where there's an actual fire, a fire alarm is a good idea. Putting toxins into the atmosphere is rather different than putting a natural and necessary-for-life substance into the air.
    • perfunctory 7y ago
      Of course CO2 is necessary for life. It would be ridiculous to argue otherwise. It's a matter of degree and balance however. It's hard to think of any substance more crucial for life than water. Yet, if you drink too much of it you die https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication#Notable_cases https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication#Notable_cas... Too much CO2 indoor is what we call poorly ventilated building.