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Re:Death Valley Just Had the Hottest Midnight on Record by fullshark on Friday July 21, 2023 @03:43PM (#36818615)
The purpose is people are swayed by compelling anecdotes, not data. These types of anecdotes will continue to get pubished for the foreseeable future partially for political purposes, partly because data is dry and these types of things are compelling.
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Re:Death Valley Just Had the Hottest Midnight on Record by basisword on Friday July 21, 2023 @03:50PM (#36818741)
>> The purpose is people are swayed by compelling anecdotes, not data.

The purpose is people are swayed by fear and these anecdotes create fear. As much as I want us to do much more to tackle climate change, scaring ordinary people whose individual actions don't count for much is simply the media trying to make money. It's getting tired and annoying.

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Re:Death Valley Just Had the Hottest Midnight on Record by Timon3 on Friday July 21, 2023 @04:44PM (#36819445)
But it's those same ordinary people who have to change their voting patterns to do something against climate change. What if creating fear is the only way to sway them towards saving most of humanity?
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