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Because it fails to look at the big picture, and in pursuit of claiming scientists blindly cherry pick data, ends up... well, cherry picking data. Being calm,
by junon 5y ago
Because it fails to look at the big picture, and in pursuit of claiming scientists blindly cherry pick data, ends up... well, cherry picking data.
Being calm, deadpan, deep voiced or British seems to be equated to "smart" or "correct". Even the comments on that video are falling for it.
XKCD once again has a diagram for exactly this problem. Even focusing on just the last 100 years ignores the bigger picture.
https://xkcd.com/1732/ https://xkcd.com/1732/
- TrispusAttucks 5y agoI guess the primary issue with the video is the focus on US data (which is less alarming) rather than global data. Also for the forest fire data, after the large burn of the early 1900s, there would be a reduction forest debris to act as fuel so you would anticipate smaller fires for at least a few hundred years. Thanks for the XKCD reminder. I have used this in the past as a nice way to illustrate the cause for alarm.