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> My overall point, which for some strange reason gathers a ton of open hostility ...

I asked many questions about your overall point. I would not use the word "hostile" to characterize tough questions.

Yes, you are getting pushback. I can't speak to others, but I've found your core arguments to be too vague to be useful. I don't think it is "strange" when some people to question what you write.

> It's amazing how just pointing that out

Well, you "aren't just pointing that out". There is context. My many comments around this thread show that I've engaged and tried to make sense of what you mean, in terms of concrete examples.

Also, I hope you can recognize that some of your language resembles climate-denial language. With this in mind, you would do well to be mindful of how you are coming across.

Also, another observation. The language you are using matches the language of "I'm the victim here". I don't know if you intended this. That kind of language is regularly used to deflect.

Please reply to my other comments. I am willing to consider your arguments -- probably more so than many people here on HN who read your comment and probably thought it wasn't worth their time to respond. But I'd prefer to read them coming from a published source. Why? I'd like to read not only the content, but also about the authors, the funding, and the counter-responses.



> I hope you can recognize that some of your language resembles climate-denial language.

I'm old enough to remember when being skeptical of authority was actively encouraged in liberal thought.

Sorry for the snarky response, you seem like a genuinely decent person.

I think, like a lot of folks who engage in this topic, that it's just exhausting.

It seems like any opinion apart from "we're all gonna die!" is just mercilessly attacked.

The data is all there, it's pretty easy to follow.

I'm just sort of over the whole "we must radically restructure civilization because of these climate models" stuff.

I don't think it's warranted based on the data I've seen.


>> I hope you can recognize that some of your language resembles climate-denial language.

> I'm old enough to remember when being skeptical of authority was actively encouraged in liberal thought.

Your response is a redirection. Try again to answer the question. I'm probing to see if you have some self-awareness.


> It seems like any opinion apart from "we're all gonna die!" is just mercilessly attacked.

Well, what you see depends on where you look. Where are you looking?

Perhaps it is time for you to look elsewhere?




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