The world has a long history of bad predictions. Search for example for the predictions made with the advent of the first Earth Day, 1970. Some predictions wer

The world has a long history of bad predictions. Search for example for the predictions made with the advent of the first Earth Day, 1970. Some predictions were more accurate than others, which led to effective policies, so for example, thankfully, we still have an ozone layer and we haven't started a nuclear war yet. Not sure what "poisoning the well" is supposed to mean here. I was replying to someone that predicts some sort of violent revolution. For what, I can only guess.