• Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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    4 months ago

    The thing is, in their eyes they aren’t stupid.

    They think they have this secret piece of information, and everyone else is stupid for not knowing or understanding it.

    But it is kind of narcissistic to think you found this extra information, which the people who have spend their entire lives researching the topic somehow have missed.

    Like, I know people who claim the sea levels aren’t going to rise because ice melting doesn’t increase the water level. And claim all the scientists are wrong about climate change. When in reality the sea levels will rise because warm water expands.

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      4 months ago

      When in reality the sea levels will rise because warm water expands.

      Just FYI, sea levels are going to rise primarily because much of the melting ice is not floating in the water, but land based. Thermal expansion is definitely part of it, but secondary.

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        4 months ago

        Nah, the amount of snow and ice on land like in Antarctica is extremely small to the amount of water in the sea, especially since it needs to expand outward and cover even more land.

        With thermal expansion even only being a clouple of % is enough to rise everywhere multiple meters. Which is nothing compared to the +10km of dept at the Mariana Trench.

        Of course, all of it adds together in the end. It will be bad for everyone no matter where it comes from.

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      4 months ago

      It’s often that they think those people know but aren’t telling the truth. Then more and more people start agreeing. So they’re not the one person who figured it out, it’s a revolution!