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No. Most Texans believe in "climate change" and consider regional warming effects to be axiomatic. The primary debate is: 1) Is it s/anthropomorphic/anthropoge

No. Most Texans believe in "climate change" and consider regional warming effects to be axiomatic. The primary debate is: 1) Is it s/anthropomorphic/anthropogenic? (Caused by humans). 2) Is it really that bad for the Earth? (Does the heat help and/or can the ecosystem adapt). Most of the debate has moved from "is it happening" to these other questions.

pengaru 3y ago
> 1) Is it anthropomorphic? (Caused by humans). nit: anthropic. anthropomorphic would be giving it human traits, like the climate has opposable thumbs and road rage.
- gottorf 3y ago
  Anthropogenic seems like the best word.
- t_luke 3y ago
  It’s actually ‘anthropogenic’ (as in caused ‘generated’ by humans) if we’re going to be pedantic
  - pengaru 3y ago
    I'm indifferent, it's just definitely not anthropomorphic. FWIW I did actually check before I commented, but just using my local dict install. Anthropogenic seems to be often used in the news WRT climate change, but the definitions left me with the impression anthropic seemed more correct (brevity bonus too): > From WordNet (r) 3.1 (2011) [wn]: > > anthropic > adj 1: relating to mankind or the period of mankind's existence > [syn: {anthropic}, {anthropical}] > > anthropogenic > adj 1: of or relating to the study of the origins and > development of human beings [syn: {anthropogenetic}, > {anthropogenic}] >
    - dragonwriter 3y ago
      > FWIW I did actually check before I commented, but just using my local dict install. Anthropogenic seems to be often used in the news WRT climate change, but the definitions left me with the impression anthropic seemed more correct (brevity bonus too) You may need to look beyond definition 1 (though in many, but not all, current dictionaries, you wouldn't have to), “anthropogenic" is clearly correct and the most specific adjective for human-caused climate change, and is quite often the example shown with the relevant definition. See, e. g., https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/anthropogenic https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/anthropogenic “Anthropic” would not be a wrong adjective for climate change somehow associated temporally or causally with the existence of humanity, but would be less specific.

pengaru 3y ago

> 1) Is it anthropomorphic? (Caused by humans). nit: anthropic. anthropomorphic would be giving it human traits, like the climate has opposable thumbs and road rage.

gottorf 3y ago
Anthropogenic seems like the best word.
t_luke 3y ago
It’s actually ‘anthropogenic’ (as in caused ‘generated’ by humans) if we’re going to be pedantic
- pengaru 3y ago
  I'm indifferent, it's just definitely not anthropomorphic. FWIW I did actually check before I commented, but just using my local dict install. Anthropogenic seems to be often used in the news WRT climate change, but the definitions left me with the impression anthropic seemed more correct (brevity bonus too): > From WordNet (r) 3.1 (2011) [wn]: > > anthropic > adj 1: relating to mankind or the period of mankind's existence > [syn: {anthropic}, {anthropical}] > > anthropogenic > adj 1: of or relating to the study of the origins and > development of human beings [syn: {anthropogenetic}, > {anthropogenic}] >
  - dragonwriter 3y ago
    > FWIW I did actually check before I commented, but just using my local dict install. Anthropogenic seems to be often used in the news WRT climate change, but the definitions left me with the impression anthropic seemed more correct (brevity bonus too) You may need to look beyond definition 1 (though in many, but not all, current dictionaries, you wouldn't have to), “anthropogenic" is clearly correct and the most specific adjective for human-caused climate change, and is quite often the example shown with the relevant definition. See, e. g., https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/anthropogenic https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/anthropogenic “Anthropic” would not be a wrong adjective for climate change somehow associated temporally or causally with the existence of humanity, but would be less specific.