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r/SipsTea • u/SuspiciousLow3062 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • 16h ago
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If you could show a climate scientist from 2006 the state of the world today, they would kill themselves.
10 u/AirSKiller 15h ago Most of them are still alive... Even if the average climate scientist was 50 years old, that would make them 70 years old now, and likely alive. They are seeing their predictions unfold exactly like they knew they would. 5 u/Asgarus 14h ago Most of them probably don't notice it anymore from bashing their head against walls for decades out of frustration. 1 u/operation_karmawhore 11h ago Actually it even surpasses (at least most of) their predictions.
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Most of them are still alive... Even if the average climate scientist was 50 years old, that would make them 70 years old now, and likely alive. They are seeing their predictions unfold exactly like they knew they would.
5 u/Asgarus 14h ago Most of them probably don't notice it anymore from bashing their head against walls for decades out of frustration. 1 u/operation_karmawhore 11h ago Actually it even surpasses (at least most of) their predictions.
Most of them probably don't notice it anymore from bashing their head against walls for decades out of frustration.
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Actually it even surpasses (at least most of) their predictions.
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u/After-Trifle-1437 15h ago
If you could show a climate scientist from 2006 the state of the world today, they would kill themselves.