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The disingenuous people who discredit climate change will do so no matter how serious people act. There is no point in changing behavior on their account.

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• griffzhowl 5mo ago
  The point is to convince people who are undecided. Using information that's known to be false or weakly supported is then short-sighted and counterproductive, because enough false predictions will turn up that those undecided will tune out entirely
  • qsera 5mo ago
    >Using information that's known to be false or weakly supported But where does such information originate from? Is laypeople just making it up?
    • griffzhowl 5mo ago
      It applies to anyone knowingly using false information to try to influence people