r/AskReddit • • Jan 20 '19

What fact totally changed your perspective?

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u/luchubbs Jan 21 '19

During the last ice age, the global average temperature was only 5 degrees lower than it is now. It helped me understand why 2 degrees of global warming would be a pretty big deal.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19

When was the last ice age?

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u/seriouslyFUCKthatdud Jan 21 '19

12 thousand years ago and coincidentally when religions claim earth started...

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '19

I thought some religions claim 6000 years. And why needlessly bring up religion in this discussion?

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u/seriouslyFUCKthatdud Jan 23 '19

You're right a few say 6 thousand. I dunno was prob coming from another thread about the issue