[HN Gopher] Volcanoes, plague, famine and endless winter: Welcom... ___________________________________________________________________ Volcanoes, plague, famine and endless winter: Welcome to 536 Author : goldenskye Score : 41 points Date : 2022-03-10 00:03 UTC (22 hours ago) (HTM) web link (theconversation.com) (TXT) w3m dump (theconversation.com) | datavirtue wrote: | I wonder if a large body passed through the solar system around | that time? Enough to disturb gravitational forces to trigger | massive volcanic activity like that. | hirundo wrote: | On the bright side, global warming is good mediation for nuclear | or volcanic winters and solar minimums. | wwweston wrote: | Assuming a system with neatly predictable dynamics that | responds linearly to warming / cooling inputs. | | The globe may not be such a system: | | https://www.wgbh.org/news/commentary/2021/03/24/weve-known-f... | rossdavidh wrote: | "Yet, like the proverbial frog in boiling water, the average | person back then may only have realised slowly just how grim | conditions in their world were getting..." | | I just have to point out that scientists have in fact tried this, | and the frog in the water, as soon as it gets uncomfortably warm, | jumps out. There is no evidence that it is possible to raise the | temperature slowly enough that it does not do this, and it's not | for lack of trying. | | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog | bin_bash wrote: | This and "ostrich with its head in the sand" drive me nuts | brimble wrote: | Then there's all the social science research or pop- | business/pop-psychology crap that's been disproven or failed | to replicate, but nonetheless will seemingly be treated as | fact by most people... I dunno, forever, at this rate. And | don't you dare question it. | Jalad wrote: | CGP Grey actually covers both of these misconceptions in some | video: | | - https://youtu.be/F9-iSl_eg5U?t=163 | | - https://youtu.be/F9-iSl_eg5U?t=50 | | Which is neat, because I'm now also frustrated by both of | these "fun facts" | belter wrote: | Now they are trying with a blue planet and 7.7 billion | habitants. | atlantas wrote: | And to top it off, now you have a toothache and have to visit the | dentist in the year 536. | MisterTea wrote: | Yeah but you could also get a shave and a haircut when you | visited them back then. | bee_rider wrote: | And get any problematic limbs amputated if necessary. | e4e78a06 wrote: | Climate change is perhaps one of the many reasons both the Roman | and Byzantine empires fell or lost ability to project power. The | Byzantine conquest of Italy was finishing up when these plagues | hit and they never recovered their original strength again. | | One has to wonder whether modern agriculture is no longer as | affected by these kinds of changes or whether the war in Ukraine | is just a sign of things to come. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-03-10 23:00 UTC)