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I guess that's better :)

To expand a bit on my previous comment, the sad part is that even though we know that the topic is not really controversial scientifically, we somehow, subconsciously, refer to it as one.

Elections and all that.

My coworker doesn't "believe" in global warming, but i have some sympathy on the lack of belief.

I know that for most topics i make uninformed decisions based on the information created/curated by intelligent people. Eg, global warming, vaccinations, etcetc. Sure, some of it may seem obvious, but lets be honest - i have no clue about what a vaccination does in the body, nor how climate change works. They're not school-yard topics, i'm a moron when it comes to them.

So, i play the numbers and base my understanding on a large consensus of educated people. As with the case of climate change. My coworker believes roughly the same, but unfortunately he chooses to believe "scientists who revoke climate change". He has some weird things to say, but ultimately he is doing the same thing as me.

The only thing that bothers me on this subject, is we both believe in green energy, reducing pollution, and etcetc. We have basically the same opinions on what we should be doing for the environment (reducing pollution/etc) and how important it is. Yet, he still believes it is a hoax. That part i don't understand.

Why would climate change be a hoax? Who is making money off of a "climate change hoax"? I don't get that part.. hell, part of the problem with green energy was that it didn't exist because no one was making money off it.

Anyway, /rant. All i mean to say is that people on other sides of the fence likely aren't all that different than you.. well, unless you're a researcher in the field of climate change, of course.

The problem is that it requires installing third-party software to function (the IPFS client) or putting load on some IPFS gateway.

Views don't have to be binary like "it's a hoax" or "the end is near". In between those 2 you have stuff like:

   - World may be warming but I don't believe we should act yet
   - World may be warming but I don't believe the actions we are taking make a difference
   - World is warming but I don't believe we know whether the result will be necessary a "bad thing"
   - World is warming but I don't believe we know the main cause
   - World is warming but I don't care what happens in 100 years
   - World is warming but I feel we should wait longer to see if models are correct before spending money on it
   - I feel humans overestimate their ability to model the future
   - I feel there are bigger problems we should be tackling..

...and a million other reasons. I don't believe global warming is a hoax, but a combination of reasons like the ones above makes me personally not worry or care about the issue.

You know how I know you're in Europe? Because the idea that it's controversial in the US hasn't already numbed you.

And that it's still morning here on the east coast :)