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by nosianu 1666 days ago
> Isn't this more akin to saying, the window broke before the hammer hit it, so the hammer couldn't have been the cause?

It's not true though if you want to use your metaphor for climate change.

https://www.carbonbrief.org/scientists-clarify-starting-poin...

> Scientists generally regard the later part of the 19th century as the point at which human activity started influencing the climate. But the new study brings that date forward to the 1830s.

This was well before the date in the article.