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> Know that doom predictions, being very emotionally appealing, travel around the world before science can get its shoes on. Read the first few paragraphs of a
by porb121 6y ago
> Know that doom predictions, being very emotionally appealing, travel around the world before science can get its shoes on.
Read the first few paragraphs of any paper in climate or environmental science; their outlook is usually much bleaker than anything you find in the general public.
- BurningFrog 6y agoIn the general public I routinely see claims that we have until 2030 to save the planet! Are there really science papers claiming worse? Meanwhile the IPCC worst-case scenario is that world GDP in 2100 will be 8.2% lower with a +3.7°C temperature increase, compared to the aspirational +1.5°C increase.