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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.
It's cold today, so much for climate change ๐ง
Close, if you'd instead called it global warming I'd have bought it
Dammit, we're on a cooling trajectory, prepare for a new ice age and the approach to absolute zero by end of year