Meteorologist Austen Onek"With the risks changing so quickly, it’s no longer enough to look to the past as a guide to the future. We need to prepare for what’s coming, not just what’s happened before. That means that we need more data, more expertise, more preparation, more communication, and more follow through, to keep people safe. "
- Professor #KatharineHayhoe is an atmospheric scientist who studies #climatechange and why it matters to us here and now.
Radio Free Trumpistan@WDEFAustenOnek
Oh dear--this is bad advice because the presumption is that past, present and future are mutually exclusive. Looking to the past is the method of dealing with the future by informing what actions should be taken NOW. More data for the future doesn't inform actions that need to be taken now--setting up to get more data in the future is exclusive to the future. The actions we take now cannot be dependent on data we don't have yet.
Oh dear--this is bad advice because the presumption is that past, present and future are mutually exclusive. Looking to the past is the method of dealing with the future by informing what actions should be taken NOW. More data for the future doesn't inform actions that need to be taken now--setting up to get more data in the future is exclusive to the future. The actions we take now cannot be dependent on data we don't have yet.