I said "children and grandchildren" -- that includes people likely to be alive for the next 100 to 150 years. It's absolutely the consensus of science that unchecked climate could in that period end the basis of human civilization as we know it.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
You don’t know that, no one knows that, and claiming anyone could know that is foolish.
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Replying to @DamonLinker @HeerJeet
And your very tweet show that you realize this: “could end the basis of civilization.” What does that even mean?
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Replying to @DamonLinker @HeerJeet
We could be doomed, Damon. You must hand me absolute control and a blank check at once, and thank me while you’re at it you ignorant fool
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Replying to @jamespoulos @DamonLinker
I think climate scientists are more trustworthy in terms of gauging likely outcomes than centrist and conservative pundits.
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Replying to @jamespoulos @DamonLinker
*Left pundits who listen to actual climate scientists.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @DamonLinker
Right. Given that we have ten years left on Earth we’d better get on with EMPing China and building 1k nuclear power plants, science’s replication and causation crisis notwithstanding
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Replying to @jamespoulos @DamonLinker
Which climate scientist says we have 10 years left on earth? This conversation would be more productive if you engage with what people actually write.
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Climate scientists, in my reading, neither say that we have 10 years left nor that climate change is likely to destroy the basis of human civilization. They say that it's a big, hopefully manageable problem that has some severe long-tail risks.
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That's what I said! the existential threat isn't overwhelmingly likely but it's possible. Which means it has to be factored into consideration. The same with nuclear war. Caution is a conservative principle.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @DouthatNYT and
Not when it gets in the way of profit, it isn't
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