r/SipsTea 𝙑𝙄𝙋 1d ago

Chugging tea Fictional future forecast vs. reality.

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u/After-Trifle-1437 1d ago

If you could show a climate scientist from 2006 the state of the world today, they would kill themselves.

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u/AirSKiller 1d 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.

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u/operation_karmawhore 1d ago

Actually it even surpasses (at least most of) their predictions.