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Re:Tough truths about climate by ACCount37 on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @01:44AM (#45729541)
There is a non-zero possibility of Taylor Swift causing societal collapse.

That's not a reason to take such a scenario seriously.

Re:Tough truths about climate by kennywinker on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @01:49AM (#45729564)
Non-zero describes the chance of everything, sure. Infinite improbability drive and all that. But the chance of climate collapse causing social collapse is pretty much just a function of how bad we let it get measured in degrees C.
Re:Tough truths about climate by jshen on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @01:51AM (#45729576)
Your example is infinitesimally small, climate change is not. But you didn't answer the question either, what probability of societal collapse do you think is acceptable?