Climate Change Will Cost Us Even More Than We Think

Re:Climate Change Will Cost Us Even More Than We Think by BurningFrog on Saturday October 26, 2019 @01:11PM (#21364877)

Without criticizing the article at all, I want to point out that headlines like this go viral and make money, while the opposite ones would go nowhere.

In other words, the news you see is selected by virality, not by how well they describe the real world.

I have no cure or even complaint for this. I just think it's a very important thing to keep in mind.

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Re:Climate Change Will Cost Us Even More Than We Think by hychoi99 on Saturday October 26, 2019 @01:39PM (#21365073)

I may have seen this exact headline maybe once a month for the past 10-15 years.

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Re:Climate Change Will Cost Us Even More Than We Think by mavhc on Saturday October 26, 2019 @01:44PM (#21365104)

Maybe soon someone will take notice and do something

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Re:Climate Change Will Cost Us Even More Than We Think by lumberjack on Saturday October 26, 2019 @01:41PM (#21365088)

This is not just news. It is an academic article published by reputable institutions. If they had published the opposite article it would be even more noteworthy, being that it would be more revolutionary. Your comment would be true of opinion pieces written by wackos without reputation, that we only read because they validate our intuitions. Academic articles are a different matter.

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