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Submission + - Bill Gates Rejects 'Doomsday' View of Climate Change (msn.com)

fjo3 writes: According to Gates, who has long stood out as a vocal defender of the need to fight global warming, prioritizing the fight against rising temperatures above all else means that issues such as human health and equality risk being overshadowed.

“Climate change is serious, but we’ve made great progress,” he said in the memo. “We need to keep backing the breakthroughs that will help the world reach zero emissions. But we can’t cut funding for health and development — programs that help people stay resilient in the face of climate change — to do it.”

Submission + - Vaccine Skeptics Said That COVID Shots Would Cause Mass Death. We're Still Here. (reason.com)

fjo3 writes: Millions, perhaps even billions of us who got ourselves vaccinated against COVID-19 should be dead by now, or if not yet, very soon. For years, prominent wellness influencers and other internet personalities have predicted that mRNA vaccines will lead to mass casualties. Infectious disease clinician Neil Stone has helpfully (and amusingly) compiled a number of such dire predictions.

Comment Re:People should learn to read (Score 4, Insightful) 79

If someone is crazy enough to storm a stage with a gun, I don't care what they say, or where they point that gun - always assume the worst. I would have dived for the floor, because I am not a brave person. But well done to the two people who took the gunman down, saved his life, and prevented the entire crowd from being traumatized. I have seen some dark stuff on the internet (Daniel Pearl; the Christchurch massacre) but I have never seen anyone kill themselves right in front of my face, and I can only imagine it would be a memory I would want to forget.

Comment Smartphone panic (Score 2) 33

Is not a panic. Studies have consistently shown that smartphone use at an early age is causing (or at least contributing) to a large reduction in children's intelligence. I loathe moral panics, but this seems to be different than previous ones (video games, D&D, etc.). There certainly are other factors - the educational disruption brought on during the Covid pandemic, the effects of No Child Left Behind on the educational system, etc. But children who do not have smart phones are consistently outperforming children who are glued to their smartphones and social media. It's not affecting only intelligence, but also mental health. It's a real crisis, but fortunately it can be solved with good parenting. Unfortunately, there is a serious dearth of good parenting - which is not necessarily a new thing, but is having a larger effect because of new technology. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/a... Just one of many easily found studies

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