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Just how bad is climate change? It’s worse than you think, says Doomsday author (wraltechwire.com)
8 points by myshpa 989 days ago
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> Doomsday author

We're making no attempt to hide the bias anymore, I guess?

Clearly, you skipped the Editor’s Note – the first thing after the headline.

Editor’s note: Marshall Brain – futurist, inventor, NCSU professor, writer and creator of “How Stuff Works” – is a contributor to WRAL TechWire. He’s also author of “The Doomsday Book: The Science Behind Humanity’s Greatest Threats.” Brain has written several posts recently about the threat of climate change. His exclusive columns written for TechWire are published on Fridays.

What do you think this changes about my post? A person with an obvious bias writes content supporting their bias.
Did you read the post? It's an extremely thoroughly sourced article about the issues already reaching crisis points in this year, 2023. You can scream about biases all you want but that will not stop the ever increasing carbon content of the atmosphere. It hardly matters anymore anyway I suppose.
> It's an extremely thoroughly sourced article about the issues already reaching crisis points in this year, 2023.

I didn’t have to, because the title affirmed what I’d find. And as a person that already believes in climate change, biased articles don’t really give me anything.

> You can scream about biases all you want

Pointing out a bias isn’t “screaming”, and the assertion that this is how I behaved is in bad faith.

My point is objectivity is important. Regardless of topic. Biased writing about climate change goes both ways, and if you support content like this, I don’t really see how you’re allowed to complain about obviously biased content denying climate change.

Is the article wrong?
He’s actually the author of Manna[0], a now 20-year-old novella warning about AI displacing workers, driving inequality, and ultimately sapping people in capitalist societies of any meaning and quality of life.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manna_(novel)

How evil are governments? They're worse than you think, says libertarian. /s