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Cubusphere t1_j6muzy8 wrote

Reply to comment by fungussa in A dire forecast: Scientists used AI to find planet could cross critical warming threshold sooner than expected by fungussa

Hopium, less funds for undesired results, missing big picture and trying to condense complex systems too far.

It's a well known pattern, no conspiracy.

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fungussa OP t1_j6mvilz wrote

Are you saying that climate scientists are are underplaying the severity of climate risks?

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Cubusphere t1_j6mwefg wrote

Often, yes. When your findings are so gloomy that "we might as well give up" becomes an expected response, you're going to do best-case followed by "this is how we can still turn this around". The last part is swiftly ignored, rinse and repeat.

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fungussa OP t1_j6mxli8 wrote

That doesn't make sense, as the article is about research showing that threshold may be crossed earlier. It's doing the opposite of downplaying risks.

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Cubusphere t1_j6mxw3d wrote

Yes, I was pointing out why often things seem to happen/are predicted "earlier than expected", because they were forecast best-case before. Sorry, I was not clear about that at all, I see now.

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