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People are downvoting me for pointing out facts that I have observed that are contradicting the NPR narrative? I thought hacker news was better than this. Very

People are downvoting me for pointing out facts that I have observed that are contradicting the NPR narrative? I thought hacker news was better than this. Very disappointing.

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throw2020201 3y ago
You had hopes for HN? This place shouldn't be taken seriously. Both the upvoting/downvoting system and the majority of users are dumb.
secretsatan 3y ago
Well, the article is about Europe, and Switzerland is one of the smaller countries in Europe, to say you're contradicting the narrative is a bit of a stretch.
- archerx 3y ago
  There are other people from different parts of Europe saying they didn't have a very hot summer.
  - secretsatan 3y ago
    I'm pretty sure you could plot them out across all of europe and with your brilliant detective skills work out which parts were cooler and which were warmer and then make an average, and plot it out over time
lm28469 3y ago
You gave an anecdote about how you personally felt as if it was a valid counter point for scientifically measured continent wide record breaking temps Of cours HN will trash you... what did you expect
- archerx 3y ago
  There are plenty of other people from different parts of Europe confirm my anecdote of having a cooler summer. We should not fall for the fallacy of appealing to authority when we can easily collect data ourselves and confirm the findings. I thought hacker news immune to such fallacies but it seems I was wrong. Very disappointing.
  - midoridensha 3y ago
    "It's so disappointing that hacker news doesn't believe my conspiracy theory!"
  - lm28469 3y ago
    > There are plenty of other people from different parts of Europe confirm my anecdote of having a cooler summer. And plenty who say it's warmer than usual, so what now ? > We should not fall for the fallacy of appealing to authority The data is out there, you're free to look at it, most countries publish historical weather data from as far as they have been recording it > when we can easily collect data ourselves and confirm the findings. Can you ? I personally don't own a continent wide array of weather stations, but if you do please publish your findings
cjalmeida 3y ago
Yeah, we're better than weighting in anecdotal data when there's plenty of high quality measurements from multiple sources readily available.
joemazerino 3y ago
Considering the top comment is also an anecdote about 3rd world polluters being the least guilty or "being mad at climate change deniers" are you really surprised?
- archerx 3y ago
  I am disappointed.

People are downvoting me for pointing out facts that I have observed that are contradicting the NPR narrative? I thought hacker news was better than this. Very disappointing.

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throw2020201 3y ago

You had hopes for HN? This place shouldn't be taken seriously. Both the upvoting/downvoting system and the majority of users are dumb.

secretsatan 3y ago

Well, the article is about Europe, and Switzerland is one of the smaller countries in Europe, to say you're contradicting the narrative is a bit of a stretch.

archerx 3y ago
There are other people from different parts of Europe saying they didn't have a very hot summer.
- secretsatan 3y ago
  I'm pretty sure you could plot them out across all of europe and with your brilliant detective skills work out which parts were cooler and which were warmer and then make an average, and plot it out over time

lm28469 3y ago

You gave an anecdote about how you personally felt as if it was a valid counter point for scientifically measured continent wide record breaking temps Of cours HN will trash you... what did you expect

archerx 3y ago
There are plenty of other people from different parts of Europe confirm my anecdote of having a cooler summer. We should not fall for the fallacy of appealing to authority when we can easily collect data ourselves and confirm the findings. I thought hacker news immune to such fallacies but it seems I was wrong. Very disappointing.
- midoridensha 3y ago
  "It's so disappointing that hacker news doesn't believe my conspiracy theory!"
- lm28469 3y ago
  > There are plenty of other people from different parts of Europe confirm my anecdote of having a cooler summer. And plenty who say it's warmer than usual, so what now ? > We should not fall for the fallacy of appealing to authority The data is out there, you're free to look at it, most countries publish historical weather data from as far as they have been recording it > when we can easily collect data ourselves and confirm the findings. Can you ? I personally don't own a continent wide array of weather stations, but if you do please publish your findings

cjalmeida 3y ago

Yeah, we're better than weighting in anecdotal data when there's plenty of high quality measurements from multiple sources readily available.

joemazerino 3y ago

Considering the top comment is also an anecdote about 3rd world polluters being the least guilty or "being mad at climate change deniers" are you really surprised?

archerx 3y ago
I am disappointed.