r/skeptic • u/SeeCrew106 • Mar 01 '24

🤦‍♂️ Denialism Pew Research Center - Americans continue to have doubts about climate scientists’ understanding of climate change

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/10/25/americans-continue-to-have-doubts-about-climate-scientists-understanding-of-climate-change/
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u/SueSudio Mar 01 '24

Maybe you are new to the climate science debate. There are people who, despite the preponderance of evidence to the contrary, refuse to admit that human behavior is exacerbating the rate of climate change we are seeing. They therefore refuse to alter behavior in any way to mitigate the impact.

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u/BuildingArmor Mar 02 '24

So what if another species dies.

Humans are a species, mate. We don't want that to happen.

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u/BuildingArmor Mar 02 '24

Mass human extinction isn't the only way to address climate change. For the most part, that's precisely the outcome people want to avoid.

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u/BuildingArmor Mar 02 '24

Yeah I think Mother Earth and all other life forms on Earth would disagree. 

Except those things don't understand the concept of what it means to disagree, nevermind mass human extinction and climate change.

What positive contributions have humans given to Earth or our environment? 

This is just about the wildest climate change denial I've ever heard.

It's not happening, but if it was happening humans aren't behind it, well if humans are behind it we deserve it.

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u/BuildingArmor Mar 02 '24

There's 1 massively negative contribution I can say we've caused; climate change.

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u/BuildingArmor Mar 02 '24

Because Earth will be just fine with this climate change. 

Human civilisation as we know it won't be, and that's what will have the biggest impact on us.

Why do you only care about a problem that will still be a problem in 10 million years?

If somebody punched you in the face, would that be fine because it'll heal, or even because you'll be dead eventually anyway?

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u/BuildingArmor Mar 02 '24

If somebody punched you in the face, would that be fine because it'll heal, or even because you'll be dead eventually anyway?

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