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Comment by InsideOutSanta

1 hour ago

It does, but it doesn't say it in plain English. It's the same with extreme weather events. Scientists never just plainly say that they were caused by global warming, because you obviously can't prove with absolute certainty that the same thing wouldn't have happened without global warming.

The problem is that bad-faith actors weaponize this language to fight against science, facts, and reality. At some point, the evidence is strong enough that it's fine to just plainly say "x caused y" even if there is a 0.0000000000001% probability that by random chance, y would have happened regardless.