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Freeman Dyson: Climate Change Predictions Are “Absurd”

One of the most prominent scientists to express doubts about climate change scenarios in the future is the physicist Freeman Dyson, who responds to critics in two videos on Big Think.   
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“We don’t only have to worry about warming,” the physicist argues. “It could very well be the climate gets colder. Nobody knows”—and we waste time arguing when we should be preparing.

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In the video below, Dyson talks about how he has responded to critics. When the physicist expressed reservations about climate change, he stirred heated controversy. “It doesn’t disturb me at all,” he says.

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