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Hasn't Kunstler been predicting the imminent end of oil supplies since the 1990s? When a professional prognosticator's prognostications continue to be falsifie
by panarky 2y ago
Hasn't Kunstler been predicting the imminent end of oil supplies since the 1990s?
When a professional prognosticator's prognostications continue to be falsified by actual events, year after endless year, at some point don't people stop listening to them?
- andsoitis 2y agowhat do you think about the idea, though?
- -__---____-ZXyw 2y ago> When a professional prognosticator's prognostications continue to be falsified by actual events, year after endless year, at some point don't people stop listening to them? Funnily enough - not whatsoever! And the benefits of this amazing fact are reaped by economists* the world over, year after year. * And, to be fair, journalists, politicians, various flavours of youtuber, etc, etc.
- UltraSane 2y ago"When a professional prognosticator's prognostications continue to be falsified by actual events, year after endless year, at some point don't people stop listening to them?" Yet people still listen to Musk about when Tesla will have autonomous driving.
- peppers-ghost 2y agowe'll be terraforming mars soon I just know it!