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this post was submitted on 14 Jan 2025
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WTF humanity‽
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What a weird take. Science has always been the persuit of few. Even before climate change was noticed.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2024/may/08/hopeless-and-broken-why-the-worlds-top-climate-scientists-are-in-despair
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/25/we-have-emotions-too-climate-scientists-respond-to-attacks-on-objectivity
they've been predicting, warning, screaming about it for 20-30-40 years and the toll on their mental health from the lack of action is significant.
https://grist.org/science/lost-history-climate-1960s-clean-air-act-supreme-court/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/06/11/30-years-ago-scientists-warned-congress-on-global-warming-what-they-said-sounds-eerily-familiar/
the scientists have been trying to get people to listen.
The gathered evidence indicates that predicting, warning, screaming does not work. It's foolish to persue a known failing strategy.
thanks for this insightful knowledge.
pfffft. didja figure all that out yourself sherlock or did doc watson help you?
Since it seems like many people never figure it out, as they keep hitting their toes on the same stone, to the point it affects their mental health, I thought it usefull to make it explicit.
or they just might think your premise is specious. You're entitled to your opinions.