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		thfuran on Feb 24, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Earth is getting greener >But isn’t that the most rational argument against the panic narrative? Not if the source material suggests that panic is warranted. And a lot of the science on climate change is pretty dire.

brookst on Feb 24, 2024 [–]

Yeah the whole “I know someone whose panic is not sufficiently data-based to satisfy me, therefore there is no reason to panic” is not a particularly strong (or data-backed) argument.

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