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Comment Re:Still objects more dangerous than moving object (Score 1) 85

Sure, there would be the "asteroid deniers" but if the evidence was good enough that people could calculate the trajectory themself and show
that it had a high probability of wiping us out then we could do something about it.

Yes, because we know that the deniers can be swayed by an overabundance of evidence, and that they always seek to find answers for themselves instead of blindly parroting conspiracy-blog talking points!

Comment Keep your timeline the hell away from me! (Score 1) 209

This "timeline" is the ultimate privacy nightmare and will be a blight on all those that suffer it.

"Show me six lines written by the most honest man in the world, and I will find enough therein to hang him"

If you thought your employer seeing your Facebook was bad, that was a little taste compared to what they'd do with this.

Comment Re:Highlander III did it already... (Score 1) 421

You're absolutely correct (except perhaps about the Eemian period not being catastrophic - 13+ft of sea level rise would be nothing to scoff at today!), but none of these facts should rule out making changes to keep the climate in a state that works for our civilization.

We'll probably never have a "good stable state," we'll have to keep making intentional climate alterations constantly in the future - as the population increases, a "good" state will be more and more narrowly defined as well. We can't let the planet's temperature vary anymore, not due to man-made causes today or any natural ones in the future. We have to keep watching the thermostat from now on or it's going to get ugly.

Keep in mind that we're really really good at warming the climate, so we won't fall into another ice age easily.

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