You don’t have to go as far back as the mid-19th-century to find a time before scientific consensus about global warming. You only need to go back to 1990 or so.
Yes, I was thinking of James Hansen’s testimony to the US Senate in 1988 as being equivalent to some of the Senate hearings on AI last year.
How do people think these consensuses are achieved? Acting like the issue matters and combatting the obfuscation of industry are a big part of that.
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You don’t have to go as far back as the mid-19th-century to find a time before scientific consensus about global warming. You only need to go back to 1990 or so.
Yes, I was thinking of James Hansen’s testimony to the US Senate in 1988 as being equivalent to some of the Senate hearings on AI last year.
How do people think these consensuses are achieved? Acting like the issue matters and combatting the obfuscation of industry are a big part of that.