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I raised the question with moderators whether you were trolling the thread or not. Particularly that decontextualised comment about being in an ice ag...

@"Tate" fyi, I was just thrown off by 180proof's substantive climate post above and as a result thought we were still in the climate change thread and...

Not just in the USA. Climate change denial is alive and well with about 20% of people in the Netherlands and that's probably true in most Western coun...

I knew at the age of 4. So that's 1982 for you. It was mainstream knowledge in Europe dus to the Club of Rome's report in 1972.

My preferred approach is to shoot them. Kill them now and safe future generations later. Unfortunately, that approach doesn't have much support.

The point is that you're missing the point. Energy networks are complex and balancing in- and output is an issue that goes far beyond putting differen...

True. This is reminscint of the necessary and sufficient conditions discussion we've had, what, 2 years ago? I also notice a continuous misinterpretat...

Just tuning your heating system can get you these cuts, factory presets are generally wasteful. But nobody really knows that and installers know but d...

Sorry to burst your bubble. There's no way to move to renewables at current energy usage levels. Energy networks can deal with at most a 10-15% shift ...

All aimed at maintaining current wealth levels. Fuck cars and the idea that individual transportation should be a thing. Prohibit them in cities and l...

How is this even relevant? A bunch of nobodies telling us politicians can't be trusted? I'm shocked. Now go back to those quotes and explain why they ...

That's precisely what's needed and the fact you call it a fantasy is proof in the pudding that we will not resolve it on time. If even the optimists d...

Oh, if I had my way, I'd have climate denying politicians and one-percenters summarily executed for murder.

Doing nothing isn't really an option and expecting scientific solutions to what in essence are socioeconomic systems that are unsustainable is misplac...

Yeah no. I know this thread is about global warming but it's a bit idiotic to decouple it from what really is the point, which is extracting more than...

When I talk about being damned to contribute, I mean I refuse to be part of the problem. I use about a quarter of the energy the previous owners did a...

It's why I've moved away from group goals to personal goals. I'll be dammed if I'm contributing any further.

Yes, let's not do what needs to be done and wait for the invention and implementation of things currently not existing! I wish people would stop prete...

I suppose it's a win you realise at least one of the problems.

It does. As natural resources are more difficult to mine, you need to spend more energy to get to it, which increases fossil fuel usage. But even if i...

not sure how to understand that comment. Are you referring to circularity? Because that only takes us so far. With continued growth the earth's capaci...

No, it isn't. Even with a profound technological shift we are depleting the earth. We need to use less. Estimates are average lifestyle of the 60s in ...

What did the national golf association of Fiji have to do with this?

Well spotted. Despite a native English proofreader this stayed in. Thanks for the kind words as well. I think I might have tried putting too much in t...

Do we now get to hear what the organisers thought about the stories? Especially @"Caldwell" stayed quiet.

If I didn't know it was Tobias I'd wager you my honour.

Nah, it's Tobias. The reference to Sisters of Mercy was a dead give away for me.

I by and large agree with the point you're making so these are two quibbles but I think important enough to mention. 1. I don't know about the FED but...

Graft.

I indeed wrote Small Gods. I have this sinking feeling people tend to not like sci-fi but content losing to Tobias. I'll get into all the meaning that...

If only if it was a war, then this would've been solved two decades ago with unlimited budget.

Guessing has started: 1. The flood = Tobias 2. The Frame = Baden 3. Radcastle = Jack Cummins Edit: I assume the flood won. So congrats Tobias on winni...

Not profitable industry. That's not a subsidy anymore.

Unfortunately yes. I see no awareness with most people in power. Still fucking around with more immediate crises, which will always pop up. While Suna...

I wouldn't underestimate the ability of the USA to become a frontrunner because a lot of people do see the problem. Just because politics is filled wi...

Would a clone refer to its original as "father"? Possibly. Would we consider some kind of continuation of personhood as well between a clone and its o...

I kind of love your optimism even during the election cycle when I saw no reason to be optimistic about Biden. I bought this in the meantime: /uploads...

So how is everyone feeling about the biggest transfer is wealth from regular people to profitable companies who made enough profits last year to match...

The issue of our time will be biodiversity collapse. We can adapt to global warming and rising water levels even if it would destroy countries but not...

I've only reserved "not for me" if it was badly written imho, what I thought of the story and whether it moved me only made a difference between it's ...

That's because there is no paradox to solve. You're just equivocating "apple" with "1". Just stop doing that.

That would skew the weighting since it will take the weighted average of the results. So if you think it's not good, it's better to also vote.

I can add a pear and a twig and get to two.

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Falsifiability isn't about experiments but about observations and it only needs to be falsifiable in principle to qualify as a falsifiable hypothesis....

Google is your friend. I'm here for discussion not to educate you on things that can easily be found online.

That's not a requirement. We know stars go supernova and haven't tested that under laboratory conditions. Maybe Chalmers' "What is this thing called s...

This is the same question you asked with respect to the theory of evolution yesterday. Are you not aware of falsefiable predictions or do you think th...

Why is a ratified treaty outside of your tradition? That requires representatives of the people to agree to it. Seems rather relevant... Anyway, I'm n...

Still waiting for your upvote...