• Ricardo Harvin@mstdn.social
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    2 months ago

    @Five She’s a clown who, like Neil deGrasse Tyson, believes that because she has expertise in some areas, that she has expertise in all, and therefore her thoughts and opinions on any subject are sound and valid.

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      2 months ago

      She’s very confident in her positions as is NDT, but to call them clowns is harsh and unnecessary. I think it’s important to be able to admit when wrong, which is what she’s doing here. However you feel about her personally, the fact is that a lot of people listen to her, and this video is going to have a material impact changing some minds.

      That said, I understand why her repeated climate denial was so frustrating; she was very sure she was right about climate change when she wasn’t, which makes the admission quite satisfying in some ways.

      But look, it’s hard enough to admit fault; why make it any more difficult by being a dick about it when someone does? Taking this instance as an example, would you prefer she keep denying the problem? I know people that will never, ever admit they’re wrong so I know my answer to that question.

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        2 months ago

        I think you’re being a bit too generous. Despite the fact that this particular video was pretty good overall (though the potshot at environmental activists at the end was wholly unnecessary and the opposite of helpful) I didn’t hear any real admission that her past views were mistaken here. If what you say is true, then she needed to own up to that far more clearly than she did.

        Although I have only watched a few of her videos in the past before stopping. I found them quite opinionated and misinformed. So I don’t have the full context of what exactly she got wrong previously.