Comment by nandomrumber
17 hours ago
No one ever attract public support and funding by saying:
Don’t Panic.
Everything is O.K.
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Edited to add: Rate limited so can’t reply without creating more alt accounts than I’m willing to, so:
@Timon3 - that’s actually a really good point, and I follow at least a few folk that could be categorised as such at least some of the time.
No, many people say exactly that and make a lot of money doing so while also telling us that all the evidence is fake.
Trump asked for a billion. [0] He didn't get the whole billion (as far as we know), but he's keeping up his end of the deal.
[0] https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/09/trump-asks-oil-exec...
Unless you have other evidence that this particular report is exaggerating without justification you can't solely rely on the fact that their opinions/results would benefit them as evidence they are providing misinformation.
It's possible for information to be factual and opinions to be justified from a source while that source also benefits from the information/opinions existing.
I can easily provide counter examples from countless situations that occur each year.
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If you feel that all scientists and researchers have a lower level of trust because of negative actions of some, that's wrong of course because their reputations aren't connected, but you try to confirm it. For example, find out if a cooler than normal El Nino season would help coral feeds (or whatever)
What you did was tell us you don't trust the information, not because of something specific, but a concept/rule you believe.
Considering you originally misrepresented their findings, perhaps by accident, you should have done more to make your case.