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Re:2025 was the third hottest year on record by WA on Sunday January 18, 2026 @02:41AM (#46665654)
Please attempt steelmanning the global warming greenhouse effect and its consequences as an intellectual exercise.
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Re:2025 was the third hottest year on record by networkadmin on Sunday January 18, 2026 @08:24AM (#46667636)
No clue what sort of argument you're attempting to make here.

My post as entered is correct.

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Re:2025 was the third hottest year on record by WaxProlix on Sunday January 18, 2026 @01:24PM (#46670583)
He was asking you to try to 'steelman', or take seriously the strongest version of, the arguments of your counterparts, rather than being dismissive.

"Plants like CO2" is not a counterargument to "Increased atmoospheric CO2 will have a number of outcomes that are net negative for humanity", so I presume they're asking you to actually think about the argument being made and respond to it, not some other, made up one.

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