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The media covers only a narrow slice of climate research—one that inspires fear over action
(www.anthropocenemagazine.org)
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This is why you don't just "trust the science." Greed, egos, corruption, perverse incentives. There's a lot going on in the background that people are ignorant about.
I hope you're not suggesting that climate science shouldn't be trusted. The point of the article is that papers which discussed short term impacts on local communities could inspire more immediate change in individuals.
Anecdotally, what I've seen about these long term end of the 21st century studies, is that they've all been too conservative. How many climate headlines have you seen these past two years that have said "faster than expected"?
I'm saying that blind faith in any science leaves one vulnerable. It is a bureaucratic labyrinth of conflicting human interests, and far from the pure philosophical ideal of pursuing knowledge and truth.
That is true for basicly everything humans ever touched. Humans are just not perfect, so you have to look at their personal intrest. Fortunatly science tends to attract a fairly large group of people actually intressted in studying the subject and not too much about personal gain. That is combined with a culture of testing ideas, which make faking more difficult, but not impossible. What I want to say is that science tends to be among the most accurate systems we have, certainly better then politicans or capitalists.