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Is that true? I feel like the mainstream scientific picture has been alarming (correctly) for that whole period, and people (using ignorant heuristics) have inc
by gbrown 7y ago
Is that true? I feel like the mainstream scientific picture has been alarming (correctly) for that whole period, and people (using ignorant heuristics) have incorrectly discounted the warnings since they don't feel the pain right now.
- jshevek 7y agoBoth [your observation and mine] are true. I am not talking about mainstream scientists. Sadly, they don't control the larger conversations.
- ajross 7y ago> I am not talking about mainstream scientists. Then who are you talking about?
- jshevek 7y ago> Then who are you talking about? This question is so strange I don't know where to begin. Should I look up the percentage of the population that are scientists? Should I pull up an Amazon list of books popular in the 70s and 80s dealing with climate change? Should I start listing various forms of dysfunction in the 4th estate? Should we talk about the culture of activists? Disseminating scientific knowledge correctly is a challenge in our society.
- ajross 7y agoOK, start with those. I mean, your point upthread is that you didn't personally believe all the good science of the last 30 years because of some "extremists", which now apparently includes the entirety of the media and political left. I think that's a pretty ridiculous argument, and am challenging you to give me some specifics to focus the discussion. You don't get to wave this away. Let's see who you're talking about.
- jshevek 7y agoPlease try not to misrepresent other people's claims nor presume their experiences. >I mean, your point upthread is that you didn't personally believe all the good science of the last 30 years because of some "extremists"
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