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Originally Posted by pylon
But I also think it is obtuse to outright dismiss the possibility.
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This line of thinking could be used to lend credence to literally any conspiracy theory ever thought up, from the earth is flat to the 2020 US election was stolen from DJT.
Without evidence, all we have is suspicion. To me, suspicion devoid of evidence is almost always worthless and not worth spending time/energy on.
I mean, sure, perhaps we could "not dismiss the possibility" that some fires were deliberately lit to make the fire season seem worse than it otherwise would be, in hopes that it would cause governments around the world to do more to combat climate change.
But then we should also "not dismiss the possibility" that these baseless, evidence-free suspicions of arson committed by environmentalists, are being spread by climate change deniers in an effort to create more doubt about the effects of climate change, and thereby slow down efforts by governments around the world to combat climate change.
At the end of the day, I ask myself, which of these conspiracy theories is more likely to be true?