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I honestly don't understand the point of this reasoning, and I'm forced to conclude (because it transpires in every word you say) that you are somehow massively

I honestly don't understand the point of this reasoning, and I'm forced to conclude (because it transpires in every word you say) that you are somehow massively jealous of the attention that is being given to her. So what? I don't get it, is she supposed to produce original research else she can't speak at all?? Well no shit she is not saying anything not already published in peer-reviewed papers. She is selling it to an audience that did not care but may begin to care because of all the publicity, and crucially, to an audience that needs to be on this side for any meaningful change to get done. Not new? Not particularly intelligent? But what, is she speaking at a climatology symposium? No, she is speaking to a general audience, she is speaking to be heard in the news and by word-of-mouth. Really, what do you actually want of her?

orbifold 7y ago
I wouldn't say I'm jealous, just highly annoyed to whom the public is paying attention to. It's the same environmental activism theatrics that Greenpeace and WWF have been doing for all of their existence. As a counterpoint take John Baez for example: He decided started beginning in 2010 to try to organise engineers, physicists and mathematicians around the global ecological crisis https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2010/08/27/this-weeks-finds-week-301/ https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2010/08/27/this-weeks-f.... Was he interviewed or reported on by CNN? Of course not. How often has David MacKay (https://withouthotair.com https://withouthotair.com) been given the chance to speak to the public?