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This is the place for discussing the potential collapse of modern civilization and the environment.


Collapse, in this context, refers to the significant loss of an established level or complexity towards a much simpler state. It can occur differently within many areas, orderly or chaotically, and be willing or unwilling. It does not necessarily imply human extinction or a singular, global event. Although, the longer the duration, the more it resembles a ‘decline’ instead of collapse.


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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

These threads are filled with doomers who consider "it's worse than we thought" to be true regardless of who claims it, and any data - how well grounded in science it may be - that doesn't support impending human extinction as false.

It's funny, but as Mann points out, that's the very definition of climate science denial too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Sure, doom and gloom just because it's trendy is bad. But doom as in, "it is worse than thought previously, because of this and that point" is not part of that. It's "oh shit, look what we've done".