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Re:Young People Are Anxious About Climate Change, Say Govern... by perryizgr8 on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @11:06PM (#28534776)
I don't think that's right. There have been predictions saying ridiculous things that never came to pass since the 80s.
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Re:Young People Are Anxious About Climate Change, Say Govern... by eggsmediumrare on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @11:23PM (#28534881)
Why do some incorrect predictions completely invalidate the devastatingly correct ones?
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Re:Young People Are Anxious About Climate Change, Say Govern... by jjoonathan on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @11:27PM (#28534911)
Do we really need to revisit the "crying wolf" parable?
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Re:Young People Are Anxious About Climate Change, Say Govern... by eggsmediumrare on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @11:33PM (#28534947)
If he was attacked by the wolf a few times among the false alarms, your comparison would be valid.
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Re:Young People Are Anxious About Climate Change, Say Govern... by perryizgr8 on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @01:38AM (#28535626)
Most predictions were inaccurate. In fact I'm having trouble recalling any that turned out to be true. You can deny this all you want, but alarmist propaganda like this is why people don't take such reports seriously nowadays.
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