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Re:My take on the study from MIT that predicts “societal col... by yongjik on Thursday July 15, 2021 @08:57PM (#27851958)
Sure, I do agree that the world, especially the climate system, may veer off into uncharted territory soon. (Maybe it already started.) I'm just saying these particular "predictions" don't seem to contain any useful information. Anyone can say "things can go wrong." Hell, I can say that, and I may even be right.
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Re:My take on the study from MIT that predicts “societal col... by dvt on Friday July 16, 2021 @12:36AM (#27853082)
> Hell, I can say that, and I may even be right.

Not only may you be right, you are in fact guaranteed to be right. Of course, predicting exactly when things go wrong is another ballgame altogether.

Edit: the downvotes on HN are becoming so reactionary lately, it feels like it's slowly turning into reddit. Or maybe people just aren't familiar with Poincaré recurrence, etc.?

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Re:My take on the study from MIT that predicts “societal col... by Klinky on Friday July 16, 2021 @01:59AM (#27853401)
Perhaps the uncouth voting on HN is a further sign of impending societal collapse.
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Re:My take on the study from MIT that predicts “societal col... by ximeng on Friday July 16, 2021 @02:04AM (#27853429)
Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.

Please don't post comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills.

HN guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re:My take on the study from MIT that predicts “societal col... by A4ET8a8uTh0 on Friday July 16, 2021 @01:57AM (#27853396)
I think you are right. I guess it depends on specificity of predictions. In one white paper I called some of the current trends of 2021 ( granted, I personally believed they were relatively apparent, but I did have some arguments over my assumptions ).
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