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If only there were a current event that illustrates the danger of this line of thinking when it comes to things that can spiral out of control exponentially...
by augustt 6y ago
If only there were a current event that illustrates the danger of this line of thinking when it comes to things that can spiral out of control exponentially...
- bhupy 6y agoWhat? The two aren't related. You can't just take one event that demonstrably exhibits exponential-growth characteristics (via the R0) and another event that demonstrably doesn't, and then declare them to have the same growth characteristics just because they're vaguely similar in level-of-catastrophe.
- js8 6y ago> another event that demonstrably doesn't I would like to see a demonstration that ecological collapse cannot happen exponentially in response to a linear change in the environment. I am no ecologist, but I don't believe it.
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoEven the worst case projections don't propose that the average temperature will change by more than current day-to-day variability. That doesn't mean it's okay, it'll cause a lot of problems if every day is 4 degrees hotter, but a spiral out of control won't happen.