The globally respected climate expert Schellnhuber: “We will also exceed the two-degree target”

1. 2024-02-15 at 1:51 AM UTC

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   Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]
   The globally respected climate expert Schellnhuber: “We will also exceed the two-degree target”
   
   

   Schellnhuber: The problem is that many people nowadays only browse the internet for information to confirm their opinion. We are no longer talking about "evidence", but about "preference", and not about "information", but about "confirmation". These two pairs of opposites now have a lot to do with social media. I can pick out what I prefer and what confirms me from the digital storm of information - and I am supported in this by the relevant search engines. Unfortunately, history also teaches us that a kind of cognitive dissonance usually sets in when a crisis is approaching in a threatening way.
   
   Schellnhuber: It's like small children who cover their eyes so that they can't be seen. Today, many people cover their eyes so that they no longer have to see the climate crisis - and hope that the climate crisis will not see them, i.e. that they will not be harmed by it. There are plenty of historical examples of this, because what cannot be true cannot be true. The film "Don't Look Up!" gets to the heart of this human weakness.