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Re:MIT Faculty Votes for Statement on Freedom of Expression ... by bombolo on Monday December 26, 2022 @03:36AM (#34135847)
Denying climate change is a very popular opinion.
Re:MIT Faculty Votes for Statement on Freedom of Expression ... by bozhark on Monday December 26, 2022 @04:03AM (#34135982)
In specific circles, maybe
Re:MIT Faculty Votes for Statement on Freedom of Expression ... by imtringued on Monday December 26, 2022 @08:45AM (#34137573)
Among politicians, for example.
Re:MIT Faculty Votes for Statement on Freedom of Expression ... by bombolo on Monday December 26, 2022 @12:33PM (#34139747)
See the other reply to my comment… didn't take long for a denier to come out.
Re:MIT Faculty Votes for Statement on Freedom of Expression ... by dumpsterdiver on Monday December 26, 2022 @10:41PM (#34144805)
They didn't deny anything. They stated that the issue isn't so black and white as you'd like it to be. You responded in kind by simply labeling them a "denier" even though nowhere in their response did they deny anything.
Re:MIT Faculty Votes for Statement on Freedom of Expression ... by chrisco255 on Monday December 26, 2022 @10:27AM (#34138319)
There are perfectly acceptable, even scientific arguments against CO2-induced climate change theory. Not only that, but even if we accept the premise that CO2 is inducing climate change, we can debate about to what degree, and whether or not it is "an existential crisis" as some have argued. Further still, if we accept that it's a crisis, we can also debate on the trade-offs civilization should make in order to contend with it. All of those positions should be perfectly acceptable to take up. We do not know with anywhere close to 100% confidence what the climate will do over the next few decades. It is a non-linear, dynamic, chaotic system that by definition becomes exponentially unpredictable as a function of time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory