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Vladimir_Nesov comments on Climate change: existential risk? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 06 May 2011 10:05:24PM 5 points [-]

What does the community here think when it comes to climate change as a potential existential risk? [...] the potential consequences of ignoring this issue look to be quite severe indeed!

There is a world of difference between "severe" consequences, even world-changing and civilization-crippling severe, and existential risk. Existential risk means no future, astronomical waste. Even 99% of population dying doesn't come close to that.

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