4 ms·

If you open yourself to be cranked up, you'll get cranked up constantly. Pollution is real - a legit problem and a worthy cause, but the anthropogenic global w

If you open yourself to be cranked up, you'll get cranked up constantly. Pollution is real - a legit problem and a worthy cause, but the anthropogenic global warming thing was always just wealth extraction by elites. They cranked up at least three generations scaring them half to death and making them crazy and depressed and now, oh ... it was nothing, we need more power for AI data centers, you can go sod off now. No one can claim otherwise: the models' predictions never panned out and the data was always cooked for $$$. The trash we sort into the blue bin goes to the same landfill as the grey bin. Almost all the latest crazes are like that. How fast did we go from Covid-to-Ukraine-to-destroying Tesla dealerships? Just don't get cranked up, it is all intended to stun you. Live your life. Focus. The people doing this to you need you to be unproductive and vulnerable. I said "almost all" because the wars are real. The isolation and despair brought on during Covid lockdowns was real, oxes were gored, people were emotionally stunted and scarred. Covid itself likely came out of a lab, and it seemed to be designed to kill the elders. Regarding the real harms that happened to real people and myself, I keep them separate as lists in my mind, I try to remember to hold scoundrels accountable if I am ever personally given that honor, and I try not to go to bed angry and to forgive people. "Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold."

antonvs 8mo ago
> “anthropogenic global warming thing was always just wealth extraction by elites. They cranked up at least three generations scaring them half to death and making them crazy and depressed and now, oh ... it was nothing, we need more power for AI data centers” This kind of conspiracy-driven anti-science crankery is part of the problem. The science behind anthropogenic global warming hasn’t changed. Since you’re clearly unfamiliar with it, here’s a good introduction with many references: https://royalsociety.org/news-resources/projects/climate-change-evidence-causes/basics-of-climate-change/ https://royalsociety.org/news-resources/projects/climate-cha... The group of people pushing large AI data centers have essentially no overlap with the people who raising the alarm about climate change based on very strong scientific evidence. > Covid itself likely came out of a lab, and it seemed to be designed to kill the elders. More crankery. Apparently some people deal with the concerns raised by OP by retreating into weird fantasies that give them an illusion of understanding or control. It’s a mild form of insanity.
- dwoldrich 8mo ago
  [flagged]
  - antonvs 8mo ago
    I don't hate you. But I object to your unwillingness to understand science, and your willingness to jump to conclusions that aren't supported by evidence. Wilful ignorance like that is exactly what leads to many of the kinds of issues OP is raising.
    - dwoldrich 8mo ago
      [flagged]
      - antonvs 8mo ago
        The points you raise are indeed wilful ignorance, easily rebutted. I gave you a link which summarizes the subject well, with plenty of references. If you're genuinely interested in understanding the world, you would study that. But what you're doing instead is cherry-picking reasons to refuse to accept strong evidence. Al Gore, really? You're really scraping the bottom of the denial barrel. Ironically, in your attempts to not be conned by grifters, you're falling for one of the biggest cons of all: the ongoing oil company attacks on anything that threatens the oil industry. If you're not getting paid by them, you're being suckered. Aside from the reference I gave, you would also benefit from reading books like "Asking the Right Questions", by Neil Browne & Stuart Keeley; Carl Sagan's "The Demon Haunted World"; and "Thinking and Deciding" by Jonathan Baron. These will help you distinguish between rational thinking and rationalizations. > So, spare me your shame game identity politics. Nothing I've said even remotely approaches anything like that. I'm describing well-documented and well-supported facts, and pointing out that refusing to try to understand or accept those is problematic, and that by doing so along with millions of others, you're perpetuating major problems in the world. But your victimhood mentality fits right in with the conspiratorial mindset.
        7mo ago

antonvs 8mo ago

> “anthropogenic global warming thing was always just wealth extraction by elites. They cranked up at least three generations scaring them half to death and making them crazy and depressed and now, oh ... it was nothing, we need more power for AI data centers” This kind of conspiracy-driven anti-science crankery is part of the problem. The science behind anthropogenic global warming hasn’t changed. Since you’re clearly unfamiliar with it, here’s a good introduction with many references: https://royalsociety.org/news-resources/projects/climate-change-evidence-causes/basics-of-climate-change/ https://royalsociety.org/news-resources/projects/climate-cha... The group of people pushing large AI data centers have essentially no overlap with the people who raising the alarm about climate change based on very strong scientific evidence. > Covid itself likely came out of a lab, and it seemed to be designed to kill the elders. More crankery. Apparently some people deal with the concerns raised by OP by retreating into weird fantasies that give them an illusion of understanding or control. It’s a mild form of insanity.

dwoldrich 8mo ago
[flagged]
- antonvs 8mo ago
  I don't hate you. But I object to your unwillingness to understand science, and your willingness to jump to conclusions that aren't supported by evidence. Wilful ignorance like that is exactly what leads to many of the kinds of issues OP is raising.
  - dwoldrich 8mo ago
    [flagged]
    - antonvs 8mo ago
      The points you raise are indeed wilful ignorance, easily rebutted. I gave you a link which summarizes the subject well, with plenty of references. If you're genuinely interested in understanding the world, you would study that. But what you're doing instead is cherry-picking reasons to refuse to accept strong evidence. Al Gore, really? You're really scraping the bottom of the denial barrel. Ironically, in your attempts to not be conned by grifters, you're falling for one of the biggest cons of all: the ongoing oil company attacks on anything that threatens the oil industry. If you're not getting paid by them, you're being suckered. Aside from the reference I gave, you would also benefit from reading books like "Asking the Right Questions", by Neil Browne & Stuart Keeley; Carl Sagan's "The Demon Haunted World"; and "Thinking and Deciding" by Jonathan Baron. These will help you distinguish between rational thinking and rationalizations. > So, spare me your shame game identity politics. Nothing I've said even remotely approaches anything like that. I'm describing well-documented and well-supported facts, and pointing out that refusing to try to understand or accept those is problematic, and that by doing so along with millions of others, you're perpetuating major problems in the world. But your victimhood mentality fits right in with the conspiratorial mindset.
      - 7mo ago