Joris MeysJun 21, 2023

I am about to kick some journalists in the nuts real hard.

YOU failed to report on the dire warnings of scientists the past *checks the 6 IPCC reports* 33 years with your bloody "both-sideism" and now it's our fault?

Fuck you, the Hill. Fuck you very very much.

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4057045-catch-22-scientific-communication-failures-linked-to-faster-rising-seas/

Catch-22: Scientific communication failures linked to faster-rising seas

Scientists failed for decades to communicate the coming risks of rapid sea-level rise to policymakers and the public, a new study has found. That has created a climate catch-22 in which scientists have soft-pedaled the kinds of catastrophic risks most easily headed off by cutting emissions. While scientific communication has improved in the 2020s, this…

The Hill
Show threadnaught101Jun 21, 2023

@JorisMeys the article is right though..

We scientists are the ones with the education to understand the climate and uncertainty. Who else has the expertise to communicate it?

Of course, we have to battle against a capitalist system hooked on fossil fuels that controls most of the media and wants to stifle the information, but it's still on us to get the message out there despite that.

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@naught101 @JorisMeys
Well, then its more the capitalists' fault and not yours.
Jun 22, 2023 at 12:03amWeb