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Ed Hawkins' spiraling temperature visualization sparks climate debate

Commenters highlight difficulty perceiving slow, complex climate changes

2 Sep 10 4:56 AM · 14d ago · 3 comments · 1 source · development 2 of 5

Discussion emerged around human cognition and climate perception, with commenters noting that linear changes are easily ignored and exponential or network feedback effects exceed most people's comprehension.

“One if the things I got from the whole Covid debacle is how slow linear changes are easily ignored, and the prospect of exponential changes and more complex network feedback in multidimensional systems are beyond many people's reckoning entirely.”

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