Talk:Self-defeating prophecy
Latest comment: 4 months ago by 2A01:CB0C:761:5B00:7908:56A4:D005:CA3F in topic "Predictions of environmental issues are sometimes corrected via legislation or behavior change and thus never happen"
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"Predictions of environmental issues are sometimes corrected via legislation or behavior change and thus never happen"
editTrue, but consider that statements popularly taken to constitute predictions are in point of fact often conditional statements: if we do not act, then such and such will happen. Such a conditional is not rendered invalid by the consequent being averted.
However, I concede that such statements have to be presented as dire predictions if they are to have any political impact. This is because people are stupid. 2A01:CB0C:761:5B00:7908:56A4:D005:CA3F (talk) 13:36, 10 August 2024 (UTC)