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Re:Tuition costs have risen 710% since 1983 (1200% since 198... by AngryData on Monday July 10, 2023 @11:10PM (#36675997)
That is not a good comparison. Scientists that disagree with climate change are like a couple percent at max. Meanwhile nearly every economic topic, including price controls, would have double digits of economists disagreeing with it. Economics is not a hard science where you can take anything in absolutes.
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Re:Tuition costs have risen 710% since 1983 (1200% since 198... by somewhat_drunk on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @11:46AM (#36696350)
Disagree. Climate science and economics are quite similar in this context, in that both an economy and a global environment are so massive and massively complex that neither can be isolated and studied in a controlled environment.

In such cases, when there does exist a consensus, it's probably correct.

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