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Do you understand the challenge you are taking upon yourself when you are trying to argue that climate change is not a severe concern? Might as well argue that
by dwaltrip 7y ago
Do you understand the challenge you are taking upon yourself when you are trying to argue that climate change is not a severe concern? Might as well argue that the Earth is flat.
You might think that we are all just wrong. But here's the thing. The vast, vast majority of scientifically literate people in the world believe that climate change is an enormous risk to human prosperity. There might be some disagreement on exactly what the nature of the risk is. But everyone agrees it is a huge problem that must be confronted.
Because we are the overwhelming majority, you need to convince us using very articulate, compelling arguments and the highest-quality analysis. And you need to deal with the fact that most people will assume you are either ignorant or ideologically motivated to misinterpret the evidence -- because, to our eyes, that's exactly what people who compose comments like yours are (and it gets really old after a while).
By posting angsty messages that offer no value from a scientific standpoint, you are admitting defeat from the start.
- wolco 7y agoI'm not even making the point climate change is not severe or that gravity doesn't exist. Just that we need to be open enough to accept a new conflicting theory and not fight against it.
- dwaltrip 7y agoWe should only consider an alternative theory if there are compelling reasons to do so.