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I’m not skeptical of climate change but I am skeptical that it 100% leads to disaster and the destruction of the earth / human race within 5 / 10 / 20 / 50 year

I’m not skeptical of climate change but I am skeptical that it 100% leads to disaster and the destruction of the earth / human race within 5 / 10 / 20 / 50 years. If the earth isn’t a hellscape within 15 years then scientists will lose whatever credibility they still have with the public - yet another institution that the public disregards. The shrill outrage and climate crisis news pounded at us week after week, month after month means that scientists better be right about this.

IggleSniggle 7y ago
But isn't the short term pessimistic-view "hellscape vision" on the order of a 100 years, even though the more chaotic and painful weather events are already obvious today? It's a human perspective problem. Those born in 2020 will not feel the climate as substantially worse in 2040, and even for those born in 1980, 20 years is a long time to adapt your expectations.
spurgu 7y ago
Australia has looked a bit like hell recently hasn't it. Artic ice is at record lows. Not sure about California droughts (I'm not American) but I'm under the impression that they've been quite out of the ordinary. Climate change deniers would just attribute that to randomness. How much "actual" proof would be needed to convince the public that we're there already? All of these things have set snowball effects into motion already.