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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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No it won't and not a single credible study claim otherwise.
One group of people claims the entire thing is a hoax and another thinks it's going to make humans go extinct. Classic example of both being wrong.
Why is it that we can't just accept bad things as bad but we need to add color to everything and pretend it's even worse than it actually is. Spreading this kind of misinformation causes an immense amount of pointless anxiety in people.
From the studies I've seen and discussions I've followed, there's three scenarios that will make the planet uninhabitable:
Those are all entirely possible and will make the planet uninhabitable for humans.
I mean... obviously it won't make the whole planet inhabitable, but billions will die when 90% of the planet is inhabitable. The last of which might be wiped out when the world fights over access to those remaining 10%.
No, those are still completely made up numbers. The estimated number of excess deaths under the worst case scenario range from 7 to 15 million people annually by 2100.
You do know that until 2100, there is still very little effect of climate change?
The actual timescale for most of the effects is in the span of hundreds of years. Because the catastrophic effects are so far in the future is why people do so little about it.
Catastrophes don't need to kill everyone to still be considered catastrophic. D'uh. Remarkable insights.
The claim was that the planet would be uninhabitable not merely that catastrophes would happen. The person you replied to is entirely correct.
Nobody has claimed otherwise. Perhaps tone down the smuggery a bit and read what's actually being said.
OP literally claimed that climate change would make the planet uninhabitable for humans, which is blatantly false. The person you are responding to is entirely correct, and now you sound like the smug one.
I'm the one who called them out for it.