Climate change is much too benign sounding - we need to rebrand it to “climate crisis” or “global warming” or “climate catastrophe” to convey the severity of the situation we are in.
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Replying to @AndrewYang
This fear-mongering about the most extreme and unlikely of the consequences converts the issue from a reasonable scientific, engineering, and economic issue, into a pathological Pascal's scam: https://unenumerated.blogspot.com/2012/07/pascals-scams.html …
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Replying to @NickSzabo4 @AndrewYang
Nick.. you're super smart, and terribly good with complex computation, yet perhaps you might let this one slide as you are neither an actual climate scientist nor a system of systems engineer.
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Who’s to say he hasn’t studied this extensively in his off time? You don’t know, therefore you remain quiet is always a bad take. And assume he is absolutely wrong, then he will learn via Cunningham's Law. Don’t be afraid to post your beliefs. Ever.
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Replying to @JenAppelVA @cogsciguy and
If your beliefs are just that.....Beliefs, and not substantiated by fact it is actually very good practice to " keep quiet". Even if
@NickSzabo4 may have done extensive research, if you research with a predetermined outcome already in mind, you will always find YOUR answer.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @henjumeric43 @JenAppelVA and
I don't have a predetermined outcome in mind. I am very aware that fossil fuel CO2 poses unprecedented risks (as well as likely smaller benefits), among them global warming, ocean acidification, and fertilization effects (good and bad).
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I am however very concerned about the large role Pascal scam - type speculations play in generating excess fear, for example highly speculative connections between higher CO2 levels and extreme weather events.
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