Re:World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency
by throwaway933357 on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @03:08PM
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The greying-out of the above comment might suggest one reason people don't want to engage with the issue here.
In technical discussions on HN, people are allowed to bring up contrarian opinions and ideas.
In highly-politicized issues, people tend to line up on sides, and downvote accordingly.
There are legitimate scientists who think climate is a potentially serious problem, like many others, but neither a crisis nor an emergency. It's hard for them to get heard.
Re:World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency
by mantap on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @05:14PM
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If you speak with authority on a subject you will probably get downvoted if you are wrong about it. At least one of either humility or accuracy is expected.
In technical discussions on HN, people are allowed to bring up contrarian opinions and ideas.
In highly-politicized issues, people tend to line up on sides, and downvote accordingly.
There are legitimate scientists who think climate is a potentially serious problem, like many others, but neither a crisis nor an emergency. It's hard for them to get heard.