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		indemnity on July 30, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The human body is already close to thermal limits ... You’re not using effective arguments that will change someone’s point of view. I believe climate change is coming but trying to convince someone they should change because they are a Bad Person if they don’t change their ways, or that some unspecified type of fuckedness is looming, is not very successful. https://arxiv.org/pdf/1602.01103v1.pdf

esotericn on July 30, 2019 [–]

When the carbon tax happens they won't have a choice.

Or it won't and we die in a fire.

So it goes.

I don't aim to convince anyone; just stating how it is. I think most are beyond saving.

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