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Former head of NASA’s climate group issues dire warning on warming (arstechnica.com)
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[–] HParker@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My guess is people can always find someone to tell them what they want to hear. So much easier to be “operating based on the best information you have” than lie knowingly.

[–] TinyPizza@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

sort of a "yes man" scenario? That's plausible. It would be interesting to look into at the very least.