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Thank you! I honestly get pretty anxious, especially in my dingy little car, going the speed limit.

Completely agree around the "good drivers" fallacy. We're all human - emotional, tired, thinking about other things.

And the risk and consequences of a crash increase disproportionately with speed while the time gain has diminishing returns. So I'm happy getting there 5 mins later after 2 h of driving safely and calmly

A likely indicator of ADHD

Ok, so what I'm hearing is that you're agreeing with me that it's a silly argument, but for a different reason - that volcano's are devastating and we shouldn't settle for just "less than devastating". Is that right?

It initially seemed like you were arguing that volcanoes are bigger that I was aware of, and therefore might be more impactful than humans on the environment. But that's probably because people always argue online 😅

Yes, but the point is that scaring them now with this idea of the future may help prevent it.

They think their bunkers will be safe in X years and lots of people are going to ensure they aren't

Ya this isn't the argument the person I replied to was making

Ya this isn't the argument the person I replied to was making

I'm aware. Do you have something more to say?

I use LibreOffice calc and have little issues, all about your use case though. Worth a shot at least.

Explain why globally we cut back on nuclear power please? How does this fit into your argument?

Sorry, I don't really check for notifications here. Yeah, I suppose America might have a different culture. Most other "1st world" (i.e. white) countries are relatively similar though in my experience. There seems to be plenty of diverse non-bigoted people around, even if there is a definite shift that way in the average mindset.

Rich people make the decisions though, and they earned the right to decide how the world economy runs because their ancestors worked hard (owned slaves)!

Yeah, I wholeheartedly encourage constructive debate and skepticism. However, it doesn't excuse repeating shitty arguments without doing anything thinking or research just because it makes you feel less bad and lets you not do anything.

One example that particularly bothers me was "humans affect on the climate is less than a single volcanic eruption". There are a lot of things you could not trust about scientific reporting, but the base premise of 8 billion people flying around the world using decomposed dinosaur mass is at least an order-of magnitude larger in scale compared to a single volcanic eruption. At that point, you'd have to believe that there isn't really 8 billion people or that oil is actually from somewhere else.

In summary I agree, I just want to add nuance that this doesn't excuse people acting in bad faith. It's important that everyone, not just scientists, recognize their emotions and bias and challenge their own arguments against these (I.e. am I just making this argument because I feel defensive?)