half a degree is what the 12 years refers to
this is a fully general snark that you can use to defend any false claim
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It's me pointing out that the rhetorical techniques you're using are very close to full generality.
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i'm claiming that the difference between what the average person imagines on seeing the claim that "the world ends in 12 years" and "we have 12 years to prevent an additional temperature increase over 0.5 deg" is a really important one
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