▲ 106 ▼ What's the biggest misconception you think many people have? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 months ago by Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 244 comments fedilink hide all child comments Ideally the answers aren't just political soapboxing.
[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) just saying, "humans cause less effect than a big volcano eruption" isn't the gotcha that people seem to think permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ogy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago Ok, so what I'm hearing is that you're agreeing with me that it's a silly argument, but for a different reason - that volcano's are devastating and we shouldn't settle for just "less than devastating". Is that right? It initially seemed like you were arguing that volcanoes are bigger that I was aware of, and therefore might be more impactful than humans on the environment. But that's probably because people always argue online 😅 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ogy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago Ok, so what I'm hearing is that you're agreeing with me that it's a silly argument, but for a different reason - that volcano's are devastating and we shouldn't settle for just "less than devastating". Is that right? It initially seemed like you were arguing that volcanoes are bigger that I was aware of, and therefore might be more impactful than humans on the environment. But that's probably because people always argue online 😅 permalink fedilink source parent