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> found that 7% of people believed the worst case credible predicted sea level rise by 2100 is 15 meters or more, which is wrong 7%? Not very many. I would im
by tomjakubowski 5y ago
> found that 7% of people believed the worst case credible predicted sea level rise by 2100 is 15 meters or more, which is wrong
7%? Not very many. I would imagine much of it is random / thoughtless guessing, as opposed to someone strongly believing it to be true.
edit: presuming it is the survey from this paper, they didn't offer respondents an "I don't know" option. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0254348 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...
- exporectomy 5y agoYep, it might be that. But at the same time, who would even consider sea level might rise if not for the media talking about climate change? Surely, for many of them, the general idea came from sensationalization.