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Sorry. Climate science is not a plot to put computer chips in your brain.

by Jeffrey J. Smith
| April 18, 2024 12:00 AM

It’s clear from recent letters-to-the-editor that some citizens are having trouble sorting facts from conspiracy theories, especially when it comes to climate science.

Let’s say a specialist diagnoses you with a life-threatening condition. You don’t like it and seek other opinions. You see 99 other specialists until you find one who says you have nothing to worry about. Your move.

That’s roughly the proportion of climate scientists who think the facts tell us our earth has a life-threatening condition and we must cut greenhouse gases as quickly as possible. 

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