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Comment author: Lumifer 14 December 2015 06:37:28PM 0 points [-]

We are facing much bigger short and medium-term existential risks

...magically transforms into...

there is significant likelihood of problems

Heh. So, "the sky is falling!" means "a chance of rain on Monday"?

Comment author: Gleb_Tsipursky 14 December 2015 10:02:58PM 0 points [-]

I just gave one example of the kind of environmental problem quite likely to occur within the medium-term. There are many others. Like I said, not interested in discussing these :-)

Comment author: Good_Burning_Plastic 15 December 2015 01:19:35AM 0 points [-]

Millions of Bangladeshis having to relocate (or build dykes) would indeed be a problem, but hardly an existential risk in the LWian sense of the term.

Comment author: Gleb_Tsipursky 15 December 2015 04:31:57AM -1 points [-]

I replied to this point here

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