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AS
AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THEORY AND OBSERVATION,
IT CAN OFFER NO FURTHER ARGUMENT
FOR ITS OWN VALUE, ONCE ITS CLAIM TO EMPIRICAL AGREEMENT
IS DISMISSED AS A TAUTOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCE OF ITS OWN BELIEF SYSTEM.

SO, THE MOST THAT CAN BE SAID IN THIS REGARD
IS TO WISH A HAPPY FUTURE TO THOSE LUCKY SOULS WHO WILL NOT BE AFFECTED
BY CLIMATE CHANGE BECAUSE THAT PARTICULAR CONSTRUCTION
IS NOT A FEATURE OF THEIR LIFEWORLD.

THIS CONNECTS SOMEHOW TO THE SLOGAN,
"WE DON'T HAVE TO PREDICT THE FUTURE;
we just have to make it possible,"
WHICH REMINDS ME OF AN EXCHANGE FROM
Waiting for Godot:
VLADIMIR:
That passed the time.
ESTRAGON:
It would have passed in any case.
VLADIMIR:
Yes, but not so rapidly.
ESTRAGON:
What do we do now?
VLADIMIR:
I don't know.
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