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=== "Its a conspiracy." === | === "Its a conspiracy." === | ||
Climate change is being studied by thousands of scientists across the world, | Climate change is being studied by thousands of independent scientists across the world, they separately [[Critical analysis|critically analyse]] each other's work through the use of third party verified scientific journals. It would be logistically impossible for all of these researchers to coordinate and participate in a global conspiracy. | ||
==="We will innovate out of the crisis."=== | ==="We will innovate out of the crisis."=== | ||
This is called the ''[[Ecomodernism|ecomodernist]] argument'' or ''technoutopian fallacy'', it has been around for centuries. Think about it this way... Imagine you decided to start smoking, a pack a day, maybe two. I might say but that's bad! It will kill you! then you *shrug* and say medicine will find a cure, just as it always has. ''The underlying message here is if you have been diagnosed with lung cancer the first thing you should do is to stop smoking.'' | This is called the ''[[Ecomodernism|ecomodernist]] argument'' or ''technoutopian fallacy'', it has been around for centuries. Think about it this way... Imagine you decided to start smoking, a pack a day, maybe two. I might say but that's bad! It will kill you! then you *shrug* and say medicine will find a cure, just as it always has. ''The underlying message here is if you have been diagnosed with lung cancer the first thing you should do is to stop smoking.'' | ||