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I could list 1000 places that are experiencing more moderate conditions than usual right now. My point is, anecdotal evidence is not meaningful for something a

I could list 1000 places that are experiencing more moderate conditions than usual right now. My point is, anecdotal evidence is not meaningful for something as multifaceted as world climate.

threeseed 4y ago
No one has ever claimed that climate change would not benefit some areas. The point is that the costs to adapt to this change will be in the trillions and be disproportionally felt by the poorest in our society. Hence it is a change we should avoid where possible.
- ErikVandeWater 4y ago
  > No one has ever claimed that climate change would not benefit some areas. False. Some people are saying the world will end and humanity will be wiped away.
  - imtringued 4y ago
    I'm pretty sure we could get that far if we really wanted but it would take some determination.
  - blooalien 4y ago
    > "Some people are saying the world will end and humanity will be wiped away." I personally believe there may be more truth to that statement than many wish to believe, but not as a direct result of climate change itself. Rather, it's much more likely that the growing stupidity and political polarization surrounding climate change (and many other "hot-button" topics) will drive humanity to the ultimate stupidity of another World War, which these days can absolutely be a life-ending (on a planetary scale) path to go down, considering the types of "mass destruction" weapons the mad-men in power these days have access to.
    - adrianN 4y ago
      There is also a chance that we manage to kill most phytoplankton. That would make the planet very unpleasant for a while.
adrianN 4y ago
And that's why science doesn't usually happen in HN comments. That doesn't change anything about the overwhelming body of evidence that we have collected in the last fifty years or so and the predictions we're able to make from it.

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I could list 1000 places that are experiencing more moderate conditions than usual right now. My point is, anecdotal evidence is not meaningful for something a

by ErikVandeWater 4y ago

I could list 1000 places that are experiencing more moderate conditions than usual right now. My point is, anecdotal evidence is not meaningful for something as multifaceted as world climate.

threeseed 4y ago
No one has ever claimed that climate change would not benefit some areas. The point is that the costs to adapt to this change will be in the trillions and be disproportionally felt by the poorest in our society. Hence it is a change we should avoid where possible.
- ErikVandeWater 4y ago
  > No one has ever claimed that climate change would not benefit some areas. False. Some people are saying the world will end and humanity will be wiped away.
  - imtringued 4y ago
    I'm pretty sure we could get that far if we really wanted but it would take some determination.
  - blooalien 4y ago
    > "Some people are saying the world will end and humanity will be wiped away." I personally believe there may be more truth to that statement than many wish to believe, but not as a direct result of climate change itself. Rather, it's much more likely that the growing stupidity and political polarization surrounding climate change (and many other "hot-button" topics) will drive humanity to the ultimate stupidity of another World War, which these days can absolutely be a life-ending (on a planetary scale) path to go down, considering the types of "mass destruction" weapons the mad-men in power these days have access to.
    - adrianN 4y ago
      There is also a chance that we manage to kill most phytoplankton. That would make the planet very unpleasant for a while.
adrianN 4y ago
And that's why science doesn't usually happen in HN comments. That doesn't change anything about the overwhelming body of evidence that we have collected in the last fifty years or so and the predictions we're able to make from it.