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Climate Alarmism & Geological Time, Meanderings
I recently read the pop-geology book A Brief History of Earth (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6169724173); it was OK but the final chapter bugged me—this book about 4.5 billion years of history suddenly transformed into a political finger wagging about how humans are... - b_b...
Okay, here’s my first response, maybe another coming later. Yeah, I agree that on Earth-relevant timescales, the Earth is totally gonna be fine (setting aside AI, which I’m doing for now). But I want to include the medium term in this thread, which seems missing.... Yes, thank you, i think what you’ve said about the medium term really highlights where I feel most unclear. Here’s one brush at it • In the super short term (decades?), from a totally egocentric POV, it doesn’t matter what we do....