Comments by "MrSirhcsellor" (@MrSirhcsellor) on "Veritasium" channel.

  1. Well, that’s looking at it optimistically, but history has shown that even a slight change of temperature can turn into a runaway effect pretty quickly, that can throw off the whole ecosystem and potentially cause mass extinction events. So why risk it? I’m already seeing more forest fires in my area alone, than I’ve ever experienced in my 36 years of living here…and that seems pretty standard for the rest of planet, judging by the fires sweeping the West Coast America, Greece, Australia, the Amazon, etc. I’m just seeing the effects getting worse…not better. Very few areas seem to be benefiting from this, as you’re proposing they should be. I’m not seeing more rain…I’m seeing more drought, and more fires. I’m not seeing longer growing seasons, I’m seeing patchy fields just struggling to grow in these hotter summers. In other areas, they’re flooding…so good luck doing anything in a place that never stops raining. So I don’t know what you’re seeing…but it’s not what I’ve been seeing the last decade or so. Exactly what scientists warned us about…that’s what I’m seeing. So I’m inclined to believe them.
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  2. Ice core samples is one way. Glaciers trap C02 as they form, and many in the Polar regions have been forming for thousands of years. Taking a deep core sample from these glaciers, can actually tell us a lot about how the atmosphere was a long time ago. We can be certain they’re accurate, by taking many core samples from different locations and then comparing them to see if they match. If the pattern of C02 composition is the same inside the layers, then we have pretty good corroborating data, that confirms how things were in the past. We can also confirm this method works, by comparing the top layers of glacier formation (formed in the last few decades to hundreds of years), with the atmospheric composition data science has been recording for at least the last hundred years or so, and the temperature data we’ve been collecting for several hundreds of years now.
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  3. I had a similar sort of revelation while responding to a comment on a Flat Earth video rather recently. Sorry to bring that mess here, but I assure you I won't waste your time with the details of that particular argument, just here to point out my revelation on the Polarization of certain groups, allowing misinformation to spread. The Flat Earth supporter I responded to was mocking the creator of the video debunking them, by pointing out his number of subscribers in comparison to the person he was debunking...it was significantly lower. And it is kind of a trend when you go across the board of Flat Earth proponents compared to Globe Earth proponents, on YouTube at least....the Flat Earthers have far more subscribers. At first look it seems that their viewpoint must have something going for it, if so many people are subscribed too it...until you really think about what you're dealing with and analyze things a little closer. You're dealing with a group that is heavily invested in what they believe compared to a group that isn't. To a Flat Earther (and to other growing groups thriving on confirmation bias) this movement makes up a HUGE part of their identity, their chips are pushed all in essentially. Meanwhile, the average Globe Earther, doesn't really care...it doesn't make up a part of their identity, they weren't aware this was even a debate to begin with and so they're less likely to subscribe to something they don't feel rules over their every waking day. Which sadly means they won't subscribe to the people on the front lines, doing their best to try and keep this misinformation from doing any more harm. So the 2 groups you're dealing with in this case are very different. Globe Earthers do make up the majority of human society but yet the Flat Earthers do appear to be growing and even outnumbering us in some places, just because it means so much more to them....it's their arena, not ours. What's bad about this, is that I think those numbers do play a factor in sucking some people in, I think it does help to spread the misinformation. Because even I looked at the numbers and thought that maybe there was something to be had here....but after 2 years of doing my own research, not only am I still a Globe Earther (or Globtard as they like to call us)....I believe it now more then I ever did, because now I know a lot more about the science, the how and why we came to that discovery. But...some people do get swept away in these communities, especially people who are already poorly educated, paranoid, treated poorly in society, etc. It actually does take a lot of time and effort to disprove a lot of the misinformation that is now being spread these days...and most people just do not have that kind of time or patience. Most people prefer quick easy, digestible answers....it's just human nature. So it is a problem that I think does need addressing, I hope this video does some good in getting that message out there and shedding some light on this problem a little further. Tweaking the Algorithms is a very good suggestion actually, it is at least a start....because you have to be careful as well, at the same time, you don't want to strip away people's freedoms to share information and speak on open forums without prosecution. So it's a very fine line we have to walk and it will be challenging indeed, but I also don't think it is impossible. If nothing is done now though, I do fear that the progresses we've made in the last couple hundred years will begin to unravel, the more we are divided even further.
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