"If a shop thinks it’s inadvertently sold a product that might, in unusual circumstances, lead to a point-one percent chance of killing a child, it immediately recalls it. And if you’re a parent who bought this product, you take it back. You don’t say, “Well, there’s no actual proof this could kill a child. It hasn’t yet. And even if it could, a point-one percent chance is one in ten thousand—those are very long odds. And it’s a lovely colour! I’ll keep it.” That would not, in fact, be a ridiculous thing to say. But no one says it. And in this case, we’re talking about making the whole planet uninhabitable and everyone who’s qualified to judge says it is or might be happening, so for God’s sake, until we find out for sure, let’s recall the product! Stop stocking it! Once we’ve proved it’s not happening, the skeptics were right, all the scientists—including [The American Association of Petroleum Geologists]—were wrong, and this is a silly fuss about nothing, then great! All aboard the cheap airplanes! But for now? Get a grip!"

— David Mitchell, on climate change doubters (via cocknbull)

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