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I invite you to read up on climate change. All credible sources point to hundreds of millions of displaced people, large swathes of land rendered inhabitable, e

I invite you to read up on climate change. All credible sources point to hundreds of millions of displaced people, large swathes of land rendered inhabitable, etc. To me that's ending the world as we know it. And it's not me saying it, it's the best experts on the topic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_climate_change#On_humans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_climate_change#On_h...

the-dude 6y ago
The climate has been changing for thousands of years, people used to live on the bottom of the North Sea. You would be able to walk from mainland Europe to the UK. The best experts basically all rely on subsidies for their livelyhood. Furthermore, we can only measure and calculate properly for a couple of decades. And finally, don't you see the biblical theme of your message?
- XMPPwocky 6y ago
  > The climate has been changing for thousands of years, people used to live on the bottom of the North Sea. You would be able to walk from mainland Europe to the UK. In the winter, my house was cold. In the summer, it became hot. The next winter, it got cold again. Now my house is on fire. But it's fine, because it's just becoming hot again. The temperature of my house is always changing, you see. > The best experts basically all rely on subsidies for their livelyhood. What's a good neutral source you'd recommend, then? > Furthermore, we can only measure and calculate properly for a couple of decades. Says who? And measure and calculate what? > And finally, don't you see the biblical theme of your message? what
  - the-dude 6y ago
    >In the winter, my house was cold. In the summer, it became hot. The next winter, it got cold again. Now my house is on fire. But it's fine, because it's just becoming hot again. The temperature of my house is always changing, you see. Ad absurdum. And I am not saying it goes up & down, I am saying it has been going up for thousands and thousands of years already. > What's a good neutral source you'd recommend, then? I would recommend to avoid polarization and listen to both sides of the spectrum. > Says who? And measure and calculate what? I say so, I have studied computer science, did plenty of math, then 'numerical math' where you discover how hard it actually is to do precision calculation with these damn computers. You might be surprised. Then I worked with a bunch of scientist who developed physics models and experienced first hand how much they struggled to get anything right. > what End-of-times. The (grand) deluge. Messiases who predict the end-of-times and offer the solution to it?
kortilla 6y ago
Well if the migration of a hundred million people is the “end of the world as you know it”, then it has happened probably a good 5 times in the last century alone. Look at how drastically China has changed since the 70s and that’s the migration of several hundred million alone. It sounds like the world will end for you a couple of times in your lifetime regardless of climate change because your bar for the end of the world is so low.

the-dude 6y ago

The climate has been changing for thousands of years, people used to live on the bottom of the North Sea. You would be able to walk from mainland Europe to the UK. The best experts basically all rely on subsidies for their livelyhood. Furthermore, we can only measure and calculate properly for a couple of decades. And finally, don't you see the biblical theme of your message?

XMPPwocky 6y ago
> The climate has been changing for thousands of years, people used to live on the bottom of the North Sea. You would be able to walk from mainland Europe to the UK. In the winter, my house was cold. In the summer, it became hot. The next winter, it got cold again. Now my house is on fire. But it's fine, because it's just becoming hot again. The temperature of my house is always changing, you see. > The best experts basically all rely on subsidies for their livelyhood. What's a good neutral source you'd recommend, then? > Furthermore, we can only measure and calculate properly for a couple of decades. Says who? And measure and calculate what? > And finally, don't you see the biblical theme of your message? what
- the-dude 6y ago
  >In the winter, my house was cold. In the summer, it became hot. The next winter, it got cold again. Now my house is on fire. But it's fine, because it's just becoming hot again. The temperature of my house is always changing, you see. Ad absurdum. And I am not saying it goes up & down, I am saying it has been going up for thousands and thousands of years already. > What's a good neutral source you'd recommend, then? I would recommend to avoid polarization and listen to both sides of the spectrum. > Says who? And measure and calculate what? I say so, I have studied computer science, did plenty of math, then 'numerical math' where you discover how hard it actually is to do precision calculation with these damn computers. You might be surprised. Then I worked with a bunch of scientist who developed physics models and experienced first hand how much they struggled to get anything right. > what End-of-times. The (grand) deluge. Messiases who predict the end-of-times and offer the solution to it?

kortilla 6y ago

Well if the migration of a hundred million people is the “end of the world as you know it”, then it has happened probably a good 5 times in the last century alone. Look at how drastically China has changed since the 70s and that’s the migration of several hundred million alone. It sounds like the world will end for you a couple of times in your lifetime regardless of climate change because your bar for the end of the world is so low.