一個方程式解釋了人類所有問題

一個方程式講解了人類所有問題一個方程式講解了人類所有問題3/3一個方程式講解了人類所有問題一個方程式講解了人類所有的問題“你，我和其他人都在這個地球上。而你關(guān)心的人又有多少呢？”這一句話便道出了n=1這個人人都在推行的方程式，即人類面對的各種問題包括天氣變化、環(huán)境污染、生態(tài)損壞都沒有影響到我自己，所以不足為慮。這樣的做法直接致使問題越來越多，也越來越嚴(yán)重。實際上，每一個人都是地球的一員，個體的行為都會影響地球的發(fā)展，再推至自己及后代后代。所以，人們的方程式應(yīng)該是n=全人類。There’syou，there’smeandthere’severyoneelseontheplanetHowmanyofthosepeopledoy.oucareabout？Goodnews！Ifyou’relikemostAmericans，youdon’oyouhaveit？No，youdon’t，andneitherdoesanyoneinyourfamily.AsforUkraine，it’snotyourneighborhood，right？DittoISIS.Reasonablepeoplemightarguethatapositionlikethislacksacertain，well，perspective，andreasonablepeoplewouldberight.Butthatdoesn’tmeanit’snotapositionwaytoomanyofusadoptallthesame，evenifwedon’tadmitit.Ifit’snothappeninghere，it’snothappeningatall--andwegettomoveontootherthings.Iwasputfreshlyinmindofthisyesterday，afteronthenewest--andarguablyleasthonest--argumentbeingusedbythedwindlingcommunityofclimatedeniers，andthenpostedthelinktothepieceonTwitter.yes，yes，Iknow.Ifyoucan’tstandthetweetheatstayoutoftheTwitterkitchen.Butallthesame，Iwassurprisedbyoneresponse：“justoutofcuriosity，howhas‘climatechange’personallyaffectedyou？Hasitbroughtyouharm？”Andrightthere，in140charactersorless，wastheproblem--theall-politics-is-local，not-in-my-backyard，no-man-is-an-island-except-meheartofthematter.Itisthesamplegroupofone--or，asscientistsexpressit，n=1--theleaststatisticallyreliable，mostflawedofallsamplegroups.Thebestthingyoucancallconclusionsdrawnfromsuchasourceisanecdotal.Theworstisflatoutselfish.No，climatechangehasnotyetaffectedmepersonally--oratleastnotinawaythat’sscientificallyprovable.Sure，IwasinNewyorkforSuperstormSandyandenduredthebreakdownofservicesthatfollowed.Butwasthataresultofclimatechange？Scientistsaren’tsure.Therunofabove-normal，heatwavesummersinthecityarelikelierlinkedtoglobalwarming，andthosehavebeenmiserable.Butmyexperienceisnotreallythepoint，isit？whatabouttheislandnationsthatareall-butcertaintobeunderwaterinanotherfewgenerations？whatabouttheendlessdroughtsinthesouthwestandthedisappearanceoftheArcticicecapandthedyingplantsandanimalswhoseclimatesarechangingfasterthantheycanadapt--whichinturndisruptseconomiesallovertheworld？whatabouttheclusterofstudiesjustpublishedintheBulletinoftheAmericanmete