posted on March 05, 2019 05:54 PM by
u/angryformoretofu
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u/mister_accismus51 pointsat 1551818938.000000
Anybody who doesn’t have a graduate degree from an elite
university expresses an opinion:Must I endure the
prattling of these ignorant peasants? Can we not restrict the franchise
to those who have demonstrated an IQ of at least 120, and preferably
much higher?
Scientists point out that we’re destroying the planet’s
ability to sustain life: We are being governed by the faculty
of Harvard, which is worse than Stalin.
>We are being governed by the faculty of Harvard, which is worse than Stalin.
Duh, the only faculty we should be governed by is the GMU econ department.
I can’t even begin to describe the sheer strength of my lack of
surprise at the fact that so-called “rationalists” end up being climate
change deniers.
Hey! unlike those weak, normal climate change deniers who think they have evidence that global warming is wrong, these brave, heroic rationalists are willing to stand up and say that they disbelieve the consensus on global warming based on no evidence at all!
I try not to sneer, and defer to the opinion of a bunch of internet
amateurs.
Being agnostic on this topic is very reasonable. On the one hand you
have tons of credentialed experts sounding the alarm. But on the other
hand they have been ringing the alarm for years (at least since I was a
kid in the 80s), we have passed the “point of no return” several times
with no obvious consequences, there is always “just 2 years left to save
the planet”, and all these experts derive an enormous amount of status
from governments, and the proposed solution of taxing everything seems
to line up quite well with what governments would want to do
anyways.
“No obvious consequences”, like higher average temperature, more
extreme highs and lows in temperature, more and larger extreme weather
events, exactly like predicted by scientists?
Also:
the proposed solution of taxing everything seems to line up quite
well with what governments would want to do anyways.
Apparently this person still lives in the 1970s. Taxation has been a
dirty word in mainstream Western politics ever since the damages wrought
by Reagan and Thatcher.
That reply was amazing. Try to have an open mind instead of accusing people for being oil company shills... but also be aware that all the experts warning us are in the pockets of Big Earth!?
I think there exists what I might call a “contrarian personality
type.” I have it. Basically, it’s a strong willingness to believe the
received wisdom about x is wrong, because knowing something most people
don’t know makes you feel special.
When in doubt, turn to the personality. That always solves
everything. He should really look up Oppositional Defiant Disorder.
The exception is politically charged topics like global warming. I am
less trusting of experts in areas with big political ramifications
because I assume there’s much more reason for bias.
Anybody who doesn’t have a graduate degree from an elite university expresses an opinion: Must I endure the prattling of these ignorant peasants? Can we not restrict the franchise to those who have demonstrated an IQ of at least 120, and preferably much higher?
Scientists point out that we’re destroying the planet’s ability to sustain life: We are being governed by the faculty of Harvard, which is worse than Stalin.
I can’t even begin to describe the sheer strength of my lack of surprise at the fact that so-called “rationalists” end up being climate change deniers.
I try not to sneer, and defer to the opinion of a bunch of internet amateurs.
“No obvious consequences”, like higher average temperature, more extreme highs and lows in temperature, more and larger extreme weather events, exactly like predicted by scientists?
Also:
Apparently this person still lives in the 1970s. Taxation has been a dirty word in mainstream Western politics ever since the damages wrought by Reagan and Thatcher.
This is a safe space to out yourself / awkwardly boast as a contrarian. By the way, do you paleo? Because mainstream diet fads are very contrarian.
When in doubt, turn to the personality. That always solves everything. He should really look up Oppositional Defiant Disorder.
Is this because of your bias or their bias?
sneerclub: omg rationalists are so dumb look they deny climate change