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.

Show threadEdelruth, PBS Passport HolderJun 21, 2023

@naught101 @JorisMeys

Scientists have been communicating it. For decades.
Decades.
I am at a loss as to how they were supposed to force people who refuse to believe, or even listen, to them.

One cannot even convince people about Trump, despite that he is Trumping in their faces 24/7.

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@Edelruth @JorisMeys poorly to start with. The comms are getting much better now.

Part of it, I think, is that there has never been a communication task as complex as this. The chain of events is actually a mesh, and the forecast horizon is astounding, and there's massive uncertainties in everything (and most people's capacity for understanding risk is near-zero)

We're never going to convince everyone, but we don't need to. But we still ned to work on our methods for those who are convinceable

Jun 22, 2023 at 10:19pmWeb
Show threadEdelruth, PBS Passport HolderJun 22, 2023

@naught101 @JorisMeys

Solutions have to come from governments, which means politicians have to convince voters, and politicians dont take unpopular positions - if they do, they can't get elected.

I think I just realized that democracy is antithetical to getting populations to act to mitigate carbon emissions.

Show threadnaught101Jun 23, 2023
@Edelruth @JorisMeys I'm not sure that the initial part of your statement is true. Solutions come from people who think about problems. Governments implement them when Politicians feel pressure from their constituents (via voting AND campaigning, lobbying, and protesting)