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[โ€“] Aceticon@lemmy.world 67 points 8 months ago (12 children)

Neatly showing why when all you have is two data points you can't just assume the best fit function for extrapolation is a linear one.

Mind you, a surprisingly large number of political comments is anchored in exactly that logic.

[โ€“] catch22@startrek.website 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It's cold today, so much for climate change ๐Ÿง

[โ€“] Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 months ago

Close, if you'd instead called it global warming I'd have bought it

[โ€“] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Dammit, we're on a cooling trajectory, prepare for a new ice age and the approach to absolute zero by end of year

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