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In short, we aren't on track to an apocalyptic extinction, and the new head is concerned that rhetoric that we are is making people apathetic and paralyzes them from making beneficial actions.

He makes it clear too that this doesn't mean things are perfectly fine. The world is becoming and will be more dangerous with respect to climate. We're going to still have serious problems to deal with. The problems just aren't insurmountable and extinction level.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

lol no

Statistics are a summarization of data

All fields use it.

A statistic is that the climate will increase more than 1.5 degrees by the end of the century

How we operationalize that information requires other statistical summaries BUT that does not negate the fact that we have passed a tipping point and people are dying because of it..

That doesn't absolve us of action now.. Or risk of overstating the threat

Another statistic is that most people don't understand statistics

Signed, an actual fucking statistician

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Again ignoring the point and proving mine to what, prove an elementary understanding of…statistics? So you don’t understand social science at all. Got it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sorry to have disappointed you. I'll go ahead and tender my resignation later today. I guess I can't help the planet after all... 😢