Climate scientists who get too pessimistic argue themselves out of a job, one way or another. — unenlightened
What about climate scientists who are too optimistic? Don't they also argue themselves out of a job? — Agree-to-Disagree
Tobacco delayed a backlash for 30 years. — Mikie
Did anyone ever wonder why they changed their brand from "global warming" to "climate change"? — Tzeentch
Because global warming ended up being scientifically inaccurate. — Lionino
The only debate is how much has been caused by us — Lionino
It's one of the most proven scientific field of all — Christoffer
getting high into the Sigma scales of statistical probabilities — Christoffer
it is scientifically accurate in that the world is globally warming up — Christoffer
The change in terminology is due to people being too stupid to read below the headlines, not that it is scientifically inaccurate. — Christoffer
Cool. Proof? — Lionino
And future generations will look at all the aging advocates, apologists and evangelics as fuckups of their time, elderly losers who no one will miss. — Christoffer
Just ignore the deniers. — Mikie
Hostile attitudes like this are really really helpful, yes. They really really inspire people to change their ways.There is absolutely no debate left to be held other than how to mitigate the consequences and stop further temperature increase. — Christoffer
ng, I am not a denier of anthropogenic climate change — Lionino
With this ignorance you are just giving more fuel to people who are stopping us from intelligent policy making. But I don't think that either of you are the kind to contribute to good policy making — Lionino
Not necessarily. If they already feel hopeless about the long-term future of the planet, then they won't be motivated to do anything about it. And chances are they already feel hopeless. Add to this the patronizing and hostility they are exposed to, and you get a great number of passive, anxious, angry young people.If young people really believed the planet was a stake, they would spend a few hours every two years to do something about it. — RogueAI
Young people tend to be used to many material conveniences. How are they supposed to look forward to live without them?I get that so some extent, but young people must know that nothing gets done without political power, and letting the "drill, baby, drill" party have power is about the worst thing you can do for the planet. — RogueAI
Who raised these young people?But young people never vote and old people always do. It's just the way things are. I had higher hopes for this crop. We truly are facing an existential threat and we really could use higher youth turnout. There's really no excuse for not voting.
Young people could certainly step up more than they have. Only a third of young people voted in 2022. That's pathetic. — RogueAI
Hostile attitudes like this are really really helpful, yes. They really really inspire people to change their ways. — baker
Yes, I've talked to a lot of young people about all of this and they say that "there's no point". An utter surrender to whatever downfall of society or humanity that will come — Christoffer
We've tried the friendly educational method for decades. They only become triggered and hostile like it's their privilege to be taken seriously, regardless of how utterly uneducated and downright stupid their ideas are. — Christoffer
Easy to feel superior to them. — Mikie
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