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Sad to see all these comments pop up with all kinds of gotchas and disingenuous talking points. On HN of all places. It's not even the denial, but the low quali

• immmmmm 3y ago
  It is very disturbing indeed
• blkhawk 3y ago
  In my experience its very common on HN. Sadly these talking points represent such a large amount of memes that are so entrenched that its akin to talking to flat Earthers or sovereign citizens. The Gish gallop is never ending and due its being a strongly politically-identity coupled you can't hardly convince anybody. there isn't a chance of fruitful debate :/
• infecto 3y ago
  That's society. It is powerful to have all these different opinions. Of course some of them are low-quality but others are terrific. You are only sad because you disagree with the opinions. Like many things in life there is probably a middle-ground where most of the truth sits. Climate doomers who you see post a lot in HN argue that we need to cut consumption back dramatically and humanity will soon perish if we do not. I actually don't see too many extreme climate deniers here but I am sure they exist. Extreme in the sense they would deny humans have any impact on the environment. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle.
  • g-b-r 3y ago
    The truth tends to be in the middle of the scientific estimates