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𝐀𝐋 𝐆𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐘𝐒 “𝐍𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝟐𝟎 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐖𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐆” — 𝐒𝐎 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐖𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐃 Al Gore recently went on camera and said, with a straight face: “𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘰 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 20 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.” This inspired Lucy Biggers to go back and rewatch 𝘈𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩. The results were 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝. The film showed a 𝟐𝟎-𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 using dramatic computer animations — Florida underwater, San Francisco Bay swallowed, hundreds of millions displaced. Gore’s scientific advisor warned that “𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘯.” Schools showed this to entire student bodies as fact. What actually happened? The estimated sea level rise is about 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲. Greenland’s current melt rate produces roughly 𝟎.𝟖 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 of sea level rise. Not 20 feet. Not even close. “𝘚𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘵. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘢 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦.” An entire generation was traumatized by predictions that were off by 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 — and the man who made them is still on television insisting he was “dead right.” 𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝟐𝟎 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭. 𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝟎.𝟖 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞’𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 “𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.”