With a slight change to "It's optimal to be directed to that which you like, but it's stigmatized to express this." That just about sums up all of hum...
China and India both have nearly x5 the population of the US. Yet China has under twice the amount of emissions as the US whilst India produces less t...
India are not major contributors to the problem yet. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-urges-g20-nations-to-bring-down-per-capita-emissi...
I think you'll find in terms of poverty China and India are miles apart. The US, Europe, China and Australia cannot be 'bullied' as they are doing pre...
But we cannot expect countries like India to stop using coal (nor will they). This is the big problem. Because the resources are tiny in the bigger pi...
I also despair when people belittle what Elon Musk has done and is doing. Pushing scientific knowledge and putting ideas to the test will lead to adva...
I wasn't suggesting replacing all fossil fuels just being more efficient with them. There isn't any realistic scenario (with known tech) atm that woul...
It doesn't matter what governments decide that much because they have limited power and I don't see people anywhere that people are willing to give up...
@"ChatteringMonkey" I think the biggest problem is just a simply lack of efficiency. There is too much waste in terms of production and distribution. ...
One thing I would also like to highlight is the kind of nonsense strewn around when people claim to be 'authors' when they've never actually written a...
I think there is something to be said for addressing philosophical questions secluded from the ideas and thoughts of others so one simply isn't trappe...
Be a Scholar or a Thinker. Trying to be both will usually end up in a mess. Good scholars are probably hard to come by nowadays because it is not exac...
It doesn't anymore than consumption of chocolate. Opinions are opinions. Evidence works better. There is a vague link between health and wealth and IQ...
I see two distinctions. The Scholar (those who study philosophers/philosophies with little to no bias in a dry and methodical manner) and the Thinker ...
The g factor is a thing. That is about all we know. The IQ test was originally made to distinguish children with mental issues so they could be better...
I wouldn't say it's a fact, but from all surface appearances there does seem to be more division assumed based on conceptions of who someone is, what ...
A agree though. It is hardly new that people react badly to what they don't understand. GM foods paranoia is something many Green people still cling t...
The ‘west’ should absolutely keep cutting carbon emissions. My key point is that investing in new technologies gets thing solved more quickly (example...
It is the way in the internet works. I keep pointing this out to some but they seem to want to win the argument and mock others rather than do anythin...
There is that I guess. We're not exactly great with dealing with threats over the horizon though. I've said for years education is key ... but frankly...
Because I gave a link it doesn't mean I hang on his every word. I guess you lump Hans Rosling in with him too because he isn't a climatologist? I've h...
What it boils down to for me is I see money and resources being poured into areas that make a negligible difference (if anything) because it suits the...
I know. China is looking into nuclear innovations. For Africa and Asia it will continue to swell. For everywhere else not a great deal. Population sta...
It is a problem in and of itself trying to get people to look beyond their own doorstep. There is no kind of blind assumption that population growth d...
That is likely because you know you can do the same without knowing and probably have. It is disturbing to understand this fully but once you can kind...
Because you say so or because this is your dream? Or are you just stating the obvious for no apparent reason. You do understand that the targets alrea...
It is wrong to say that anything is always wrong no matter what! This is always the case ... er ... oops! Forgive me PLEASE! I was wrong. BUT was I AL...
He invests in everything I mentioned because he is looking at both short term and long term action as far as I can tell. Some will pay off more than o...
I'm not saying these things are not worth investing in but I agree with the analysis of many (including Lomborg) when it comes to finding better solut...
By that I assume you mean you didn’t listen to what he says, ignored the data he presented and assume he’s a crackpot? Note: He agrees with the data a...
I asked how this is viable. The reply was not given (avoided). My point was that increasing the economic growth NOW will curb population growth (becau...
A growing economy is viable and has been beneficial for larger and larger proportions of the human population as history has shown. As far as I see it...
Why mention it as a solution then? Solutions tend to be at least partially viable if if they're framed as a solution. I'm genuinely interested to lear...
I don’t believe that for a second because I know what is taught in economics and I know exactly how important the relation between economics and ecolo...
I see the kind of thing Janus is saying far more often. That is more disconcerting. No I don’t. The reason being I’m not from your country and don’t m...
Humans are extraordinarily absurd beings. We have a kind of self-destructive streak. I actually think it is precisely this that allows us to step beyo...
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