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by ackydoodles 4507 days ago
This is idiotica: a ridiculous attempt at a tie-in between pseudoscience and a topical event. it is a waste of time and effort for the reader, the writer, and the researcher.

Climate science is bullshit because it is not science; it is an observational discipline that cloaks itself in the language of science. Calling it science is simply an expression of our vastly inflated impression of ourselves.

Oh, we are severely fucking up this planet, don't get me wrong, we just don't have the tools to prove it scientifically yet. Pretending that we do is just going to make things worse.

The only purposes that this article can serve are to raise the profile of the researcher for tenure-track consideration, and to make money for the newspaper that is shilling for the consumerism that is causing the environmental problem in the first place.

If you are concerned about the planet, don't waste your time with this article. Instead, here's a list of things you can do that would actually make a difference:

(1) Stop having children. (2) Promote mandatory population control. (3) Stop driving your gas-powered car. (4) Stop eating in restaurants. (5) Stop buying stuff in disposable plastic containers. (6) Stop spending so much money, you fucking assholes--you are driving the machine that is tearing up the Earth.