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A comment on Antarctic sea ice – rapid decreases, reduced to lowest area in 40 years. Parent comment

Re:Antarctic sea ice – rapid decreases, reduced to lowest ar... by dTal on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @09:09AM (#20343958)
That's quite the non-sequitur. What relationship are you implying between this supposition and the scientific facts of climate change? Would your argument change if it were astronomers telling you an asteroid would hit in 5 years?
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Re:Antarctic sea ice – rapid decreases, reduced to lowest ar... by Kaiyou on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @10:59AM (#20344807)
I was replying to > In a few decades, historians will be able to look back

Historians don't look back only a few decades. That's still politics. Sorry if that wasn't clear.

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Re:Antarctic sea ice – rapid decreases, reduced to lowest ar... by dTal on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @11:53AM (#20345397)
My mistake, I thought we were still discussing climate change, not dropping into definitional pedantry.

Since we're into definitional pedantry, you're incorrect anyway: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_history

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