So it’s Biden’s fault that Trump is a fascist? Is it also Biden’s fault that the NYT is becoming a Trump propaganda tool too? Because to me it looks like a choice.

Temperature qua temperature does not matter. Impacts do.

You are such a beautiful person and a positive force in the world. I’ll be holding you in my thoughts.

Putting aside the overstated headline, I agree this is a good strategy. But there’s tension between the desire to focus on clear and concrete singular shifts and the inherently stochastic nature of climate and climatic change impacts.

Saying “how in the world” is unfriendly now? A kindergarten teacher would let that slide. But calling someone an asshole? Not so much.

Have a good one.

I should say *dismissing without argument*, specifically.

You have not cogently explained what difference you perceive between those phrases, and I argued why those statements are substantively identical.

But, sure, I agree dismissing peer-reviewed publications in top journals doesn’t make you right-wing; it’s just a favorite pastime of the right.

Sorry, where in my reply was the emotion? And where did I misunderstand you? Perhaps i don’t understand your specific position. Let’s resolve that.

Do you think Michael was dismissing the merit of the study’s claim w/o argument, or not? It seemed like you thought no. To me, it’s clearly yes.

Basically, it’s very obvious that Michael is criticizing the finding on its merits, but without argument or the expertise to asses that merit.

It’s rare for him to misfire, and yet we can still wonder why he does here. No need to reactively defend him.

And how in the world would “plucking it to put it together” be criticizable? This is true of *any* statistic or finding. Each focuses on one part of then world to describe. The only question is if that world-slice is salient, and it obviously and uncontroversially is here.

How in the world is “plucked out of nowhere” not synonymous with “made up”? If what the study says— mass death is attributable to vegetable deficiency— is airtight, causal, and valid then that is an astounding finding with vast policy implications! No “context” could override that.