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fungussa OP t1_j6mvilz wrote

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

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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