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by GuiA 3035 days ago
Isolated abnormal events aren't significant to illustrate global warming is happening, but an increasing frequency of abnormal events is.
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Bigtime. And the range of 'abnormal' event, and its frequency. And these events can include unseasonal coldness.
Granted, but I can just picture the people posting this to Facebook citing it as definitive proof that the world is melting.
The fact that it is easy to imagine someone misusing a piece of data is hardly worth mentioning. There is no conceivable piece of data which couldn’t easily be misused by someone.
There’s definitely a fine line, but let’s be real, Facebook was never really about fine lines and nuance.
If your standard is worrying about what people will post on FB then paralysis is your only option.
What? Facebook shapes public opinion, so does this site. Is public opinion not worth worrying about?
A huge majority of public opinion as expressed on FB is just the echo of some bot, somewhere. Maybe it matters in some sense, but again, if you pander to thst standard you will never say a word.