> In the background global warming is a much greater threat to human life
Before making such a confident statement, I would recommend re-reading this particular statement in pg's essay...
"These people constantly make false predictions, and get away with it, because the things they make predictions about either have mushy enough outcomes that they can bluster their way out of trouble, or happen so far in the future that few remember what they said."
...and consider how it applies to all the people who have made confident predictions over the years regarding global warming.
Before making such a confident statement, I would recommend re-reading this particular statement in pg's essay...
"These people constantly make false predictions, and get away with it, because the things they make predictions about either have mushy enough outcomes that they can bluster their way out of trouble, or happen so far in the future that few remember what they said."
...and consider how it applies to all the people who have made confident predictions over the years regarding global warming.