Curious: what do you think you, personally (not others!), should do about climate change? How do you feel about your own answer - does it seem satisfactory to you, or unsatisfactory?
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If you drop a coin in an Olympic pool it's going to be near impossible to detect. Yet, there has been a rise in water. Now, if everyone did it...
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So then the only useful course of action as an individual is to convince as many.others to not drop a coin either.
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Then it’s a reason to reevaluate the fundamentals of the argument you’re using?
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This argument doesn’t seem to work: the probability of an instrument detecting the impact is extremely low, but when the instruments do detect such an impact the magnitude is extremely high. Thus the expected rate of impact shouldn’t be less merely because the quantity is small.
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This assumes only first order effects, which is less true of you (a Twitter and HN nerd superstar (said with affection, as a nerd)) than the average person. You could influence someone who has leverage on a govt or Corp climate policy... (insert something about fat tails)
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Couldn't we "solve" this objection by replacing $20 of carbon reduction with a $20 lottery ticket and promising to donate the winnings? Probability my action is detectable doesn't seem like a great metric here. Or are you saying even large carbon reduction doesn't matter?
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