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Matteo Willeit

Postdoctoral Researcher, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Expertise: climate modeling, paleoclimate
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Breitbart article baselessly claims a study of past climate invalidates human-caused climate change

“By the reasoning of this article, if a rock rolled down a hill three million years ago, no human can be responsible for rolling a rock down a hill today. The fallaciousness of this reasoning is astounding.
It is hard to imagine that a well-intentioned person can so profoundly misunderstand the science. Assuming the author is acting in good faith, this article provides evidence that motivated reasoning can produce results that appear delusional to well-informed people.”