[Osx-nutters] Denial

[Stefano Mori]

David Cake wrote:

>> But if it's just a guess, even a "best" guess, then there is no
>> "must" about it. It's a "probably we should act", "perhaps we should
>> do something about it",  "we guess we may be better doing something".
>>
>> Changes the nature of it, don't you think?
>
> 	Not much, no. You balance the likelihood of correctness with
> the consequences.


If it's a guess then the consequences are a guess.

There's no failsafe here. Cutting co2 now may cause worse problems.

But you want people to believe that the guestimates of disaster are  
practically certain, to motivate them to hurt themselves in other ways.

That is really not ethical.

Stefano