Cinder on Twitter: "@chagmed @danlistensto Even as a factual argument, if there were one, it simply doesn't bear out to blame countries with little/no leverage for the economic decisions of the rich ones." / Twitter

Jan 29, 2019

Mini-thread on climate, existential risk, and how dipshits like Jordan Peterson utterly misunderstand, e.g., the relevance of specific model errors.

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@jeremyrherrick

Jan 28, 2019

On Climate Change Purveyors of ideological conflict are hurting their cause and increasing the probability that this moderate global risk becomes a global, terminal (i.e., existential) risk. nickbostrom.com/existential/ri

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Dan DeRobertis

@chagmed

Jan 30, 2019

Pro tip: I love Canadians. I love psychology professors. And yet, when certain Canadian psychology professors pontificate on climate change, you may want to fact-check with actual... um... climate scientists youtube.com/watch?v=pBbveh

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Dan DeRobertis

@chagmed

Jan 31, 2019

agreed. and unfortunately, in this case evaluating the claims for oneself is challenging, given the required expertise and/or persistence. given that most CO₂ is generated by the developed world, not women cooking with charcoal, I was astounded by his arrogance.

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Rich country/corp HQ'd in rich country: "Those are some nice resources you've got there. Mind if we sell them back to you at a profit? Also, please don't use them for anything. That would be unethical, you know."

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Even as a factual argument, if there were one, it simply doesn't bear out to blame countries with little/no leverage for the economic decisions of the rich ones.

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