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Re: Key Greenland glacier growing again after shrinking for years, Nasa study shows

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Post by ForHackernews » Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 9:31 AM UTC

thatoneuser wrote: post #10

ForHackernews wrote: post #8

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You've had 25+ years to come to terms with the reality of global warming. I'm sorry but it's too late for coddling these soft-denialists.

See this is exactly the ignorance I'm talking about. You aren't even following the conversation. Instead you're just trying to lecture me like you're smarter than me for believing something you don't understand.

I know I'm not playing the faux-intellectualism game that is so popular here on HN. The science is clear, and frankly it doesn't matter whether you or I understand the details -- you're free to go get a PhD in climate science and then I'll take your opinion more seriously.

The fact is your children and grandchildren are going to suffer the consequences of climate change regardless of whether you maintain your obstinate agnosticism or not. To me, you sound like an anti-vaxxer who just doesn't think we have all the answers about these injections.

Re: Key Greenland glacier growing again after shrinking for years, Nasa study shows

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Post by thatoneuser » Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 9:57 PM UTC

ForHackernews wrote: post #11

thatoneuser wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

See this is exactly the ignorance I'm talking about. You aren't even following the conversation. Instead you're just trying to lecture me like you're smarter than me for believing something you don't understand.

I know I'm not playing the faux-intellectualism game that is so popular here on HN. The science is clear, and frankly it doesn't matter whether you or I understand the details -- you're free to go get a PhD in climate science and then I'll take your opinion more seriously. The fact is your children and grandchildren are going to suffer the consequences of climate change regardless of whether you maintain your obstina…

The fact is if you don't understand your own argument then you aren't in a position to make claims and demands. I'm not denying anything, you're just besting your chest. Which if you could read anyone else's words as much as you claim you've read about climate change, you'd realize is a central problem into getting people on board with science. Fix your toxic attitude if you actually care about the things you claim.

Re: Key Greenland glacier growing again after shrinking for years, Nasa study shows

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Post by xupybd » Wed, Apr 03, 2019, 2:36 AM UTC

thatoneuser wrote: post #12

ForHackernews wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know I'm not playing the faux-intellectualism game that is so popular here on HN. The science is clear, and frankly it doesn't matter whether you or I understand the details -- you're free to go get a PhD in climate science and then I'll take your opinion more seriously. The fact is your children and grandchildren are going to suffer the consequences of climate change regardless of whether you maintain your obstina…

The fact is if you don't understand your own argument then you aren't in a position to make claims and demands. I'm not denying anything, you're just besting your chest. Which if you could read anyone else's words as much as you claim you've read about climate change, you'd realize is a central problem into getting people on board with science. Fix your toxic attitude if you actually care about the things you claim.

This is so true. You have to understand most people are not going to invest that much in getting up to speed with the science. A lot of climate science is counter intuitive. Like a global rise in temp can result in colder winters and more storms.

Telling people how dumb they are for ignoring something that doesn't make sense to them doesn't help. Not when you have people who are far kinder to them telling them something else is going on.