• assembly@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Yeah but for a second let’s assume it’s fully accurate (I’m no expert so no idea). What would be needed to even send that message in a way that it resonates? I see so many different timelines thrown around that it may lose its impact. There should be a website with a guesstimate of when each of these scenarios starts to really kick into gear so it can be easily referenced and made fully viewable. Give people something to work backwards from regarding dates. These are such huge issues that they need to be broken into consumable format for us average folk.

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        11 months ago

        None of that is necessary. Average folk, as you call us, don’t need to understand the specifics. All we really need to do is stop pretending that we know better than actual experts for social and/or political reasons. Let the scientists talk about science and leave our uneducated opinions out of it. It’s the laziest possible solution, which makes it perfect for application in America.

        Of course, that will never happen for a variety of reasons but how sweet would it be if we could just get people to exercise the tiniest bit of self awareness regarding complicated issues?