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"Sure, there might changes happening, but from history, isn't that what the climate does?" The fact that the climate has historically changed does not lead to
by jshen 14y ago
"Sure, there might changes happening, but from history, isn't that what the climate does?"
The fact that the climate has historically changed does not lead to the conclusion that humans can't affect a change in the climate. Nor does it lead to the conclusion that everything will be OK if humans are affecting change.
- tlrobinson 14y agoThe parent never implied either of those things. All he was saying was essentially: "The fact that the climate is changing does not lead to the conclusion that humans are causing that change"
- jshen 14y agoMaybe he was saying that, but maybe not. He didn't directly say either, so I don't know why you are certain he was implying what you stated.
- mratzloff 14y agoI'm reminded of 18th-century views about animal species extinction (that human-caused extinction could not occur). By the 19th century, that belief had changed. Today, we accept implicitly that human-caused extinction is a fact of life. The rate of extinction for North American freshwater fish species is 877 times the background extinction rate[1]. Of course, there are still people who oppose preservation efforts... Humans are literally an extinction event. Why is it so hard to accept for some that humans are also responsible for climate change? [1] http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2012/08/our-not-so-fishy-future.html http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2012/08/our...