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Re:GM self-driving tech unit Cruise laying off about 8% of s... by eanzenberg on Friday May 15, 2020 @11:13AM (#23193071)
These types of people predict the worst so that they are never wrong on the downside. That’s why the initial death projection was 2m people. Imagine if they instead predicted 1000 deaths.

Same stuff happens with global warming preds. You’re getting the worst case, x100, every time.

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Re:GM self-driving tech unit Cruise laying off about 8% of s... by ericd on Friday May 15, 2020 @06:18PM (#23198171)
Who are "these types of people"? Fed Chairmen are usually pretty level-headed.

Do you have an academic source for the global warming claim?

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