@[email protected]M to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and [email protected]English • 1 year agoClimate change could lead to food-related civil unrest in UK within 50 years, say expertstheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1112arrow-down1external-linkClimate change could lead to food-related civil unrest in UK within 50 years, say expertstheconversation.com@[email protected]M to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square12fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareiAmTheTotlinkfedilink9•1 year agoExperts: “this could happen within 50 years.” Randos on the internet: “hah, half that.”
minus-squareDeceptichumlinkfedilink3•1 year agoScientists: people will say we’re overreacting if we give the media the most likely figure, give them the best case scenario number.
minus-square@[email protected]OPMlinkfedilink2•1 year agoPretty much. It’s a statistical thing though, so sooner isn’t impossible; it’s just not likely.
Experts: “this could happen within 50 years.”
Randos on the internet: “hah, half that.”
And guess whose usually right.
Scientists: people will say we’re overreacting if we give the media the most likely figure, give them the best case scenario number.
Pretty much. It’s a statistical thing though, so sooner isn’t impossible; it’s just not likely.