It is now impossible to stop us from going past 4 degrees up. Scientists fear we'll end up at 6.
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As a pessimist I like to believe we won't stop until we burn all the oil in the ground and go back to the climate before fossil fuels
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The Carboniferous Period was 10 degrees warmer than the Earth we know and the whole planet was Kamino from Star Warspic.twitter.com/3hB86Wvnbp
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Can't help but wonder how much of this is tied to the religious belief that Earth was created for us to enjoy
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Like the idea of colonizing other planets being a snap bc human expansion is our "destiny"
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Here's the thing abt colonizing Mars: for most of Earth's past, Earth was an "alien" planet we couldn't have survived in
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We're pretty likely to discover soon just how hard life is on a mildly "alien" Earth, never mind a completely alien world
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I liked Douglas Adams' metaphor. Imagine a talking thinking puddle of water. "Hey, this hole in the ground is shaped JUST LIKE ME!"
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"The ground must have been MADE for me! I am precious and special!" As the sun comes out "This is temporary, a test of my will to survive"
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As the puddle is more than half dried out "I don't understand! I have existed here as long as I can remember! I am part of the universe"
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I like The Matrix as a metaphor at a very practical level too - we've already made it impossible to survive w the "old ways" but hidden it
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Our media, our advertising, we try to pretend this imaginary world of cute little farms and traditional artisans exists
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The reality is we cannot survive anymore without a massive infrastructure of intensive industrial agriculture
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