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Re:Insect collapse by toasterlovin on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @04:53PM (#18915809)
Climate change has caused famine and strife for humans in the past. It's one of the more common reasons for civilizational decline. Sure, this round of climate change is worse. But our ability to fend for ourselves is better.
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Re:Insect collapse by throwaway5752 on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @01:45PM (#18923654)
Again, 100% fallacy. "Sure, this round of climate change is worse." and comparing that to another change (our coping ability) with no discussion of magnitude.

The degree of climate change is not just "worse". It's without precedent in geologic history in velocity of change. Our improved ability to fend for ourselves is many orders of magnitude less that the degree of change that is happening.

You can read your history books and multiple it by 100 or 1000.

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Re:Insect collapse by toasterlovin on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @02:58PM (#18924436)
The scale of both differences is unknown. Current rate of climate change is unprecedented. Human civilizational complexity is also unprecedented. There is no way to know what the outcome will be.

Period.

Given that, it would be pretty stupid to preemptively quit.

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Re:Insect collapse by throwaway5752 on Thursday January 17, 2019 @04:14PM (#18934700)
Nobody's quitting. Recognizing the gravity of our situation is essentially the opposite of quitting.
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