Deadly heat in the Southwest. Hot-tub temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean. Sweltering conditions in Europe, Asia and South America.
  • metaStatic@kbin.social
    27·
    8 months ago

    We don’t have perfect knowledge of the system we’re modelling, of course the model falls short of reality.

    I see it as the manifestation of Terence McKenna’s idea of model theism. We create a model of the world and then worship it as a god.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
      8·
      8 months ago

      I see it as the manifestation of Terence McKenna’s idea of model theism. We create a model of the world and then worship it as a god

      Sounds like the climate change denial equivalent of the “atheism is a religion” nonsense that the stupidest Christian apologists keep spewing…