I don’t think that there was a point where climate change predictions were more similar to religious apocalypses due to the pre-existing movements concerned with ecology that were already dealing with pre-existing forms of ecological destruction. It to me that combating climate change became part of those movements as it became a more credible threat, and it doesn’t seem like it was ever irrationally focused on.
That first paragraph is supposed to be a nod to the anthropic principle and is meant to situate the reader in the special epistemic situation of not being able to rely on the historical record. I love anthropic I’m about to submit another post on its implications for nuclear war.
I don’t think that there was a point where climate change predictions were more similar to religious apocalypses due to the pre-existing movements concerned with ecology that were already dealing with pre-existing forms of ecological destruction. It to me that combating climate change became part of those movements as it became a more credible threat, and it doesn’t seem like it was ever irrationally focused on.
That first paragraph is supposed to be a nod to the anthropic principle and is meant to situate the reader in the special epistemic situation of not being able to rely on the historical record. I love anthropic I’m about to submit another post on its implications for nuclear war.