• EatATaco
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    1 day ago

    The only issue that really matters to me is climate change. Or maybe plastic.

    But this is the same as the picture of the statue of liberty that is used to “debunk” sea level rise by showing the level at the same height, despite being taken 100 years apart. Were they taken at the same tide? Same time of year? Is there any other factor at play here?

    This is a “shoe is on the other foot” moment, and we should be as skeptical of that which supports our beliefs as we are of that which contradicts it. Maybe especially so because confirmation bias is a hell of a drug.

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          3 hours ago

          Were they taken at the same tide? Same time of year? Is there any other factor at play here?
          …we should be as skeptical of that which supports our beliefs as we are of that which contradicts it.

          Then what exactly are you implying?

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            2 hours ago

            Nothing, I explicitly said “we should be as skeptical of that which supports our beliefs as we are of that which contradicts it.” I don’t know how I could have made it more clear.

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              48 minutes ago

              What does that have to do with pictures of a glacier obviously melting drastically in a short time?

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                31 minutes ago

                It doesn’t. It’s almost like you are wilfully ignorant about thinking critically.