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CrucifiedAsparagus t1_iyorq8j wrote

Right? I don't get it. Is the doomsday mentality a Reddit thing or...? I see it everywhere on here all the time

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myusernamehere1 t1_iypaiud wrote

Climate change may very well disrupt and possibly collapse organized human society, but it is very unlikely to result in extinction.

The doomsday mentality is a dramatization in most cases.

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CrucifiedAsparagus t1_iypbt99 wrote

"Collapse organized human society" is a doomsday mentality. There are too many variables to conclusively decide what climate change will do in 5, 10, 50 years. Especially as nations move toward sustainable energy alternatives and humans collectively ease their carbon emissions through diversified consumer options, who knows what technology and human initiative to save ourselves will bring about. I'd rather live hopefully in a world that will end tomorrow than pessimistically in one that will last infinitely.

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