Every doomsday activist that makes a big, bold claim invariably turns out to be wrong. Every time this happens it chisels another bit of public trust away from scientists. It plays right into the hands of deniers. When the world doesn’t end in 10 years, deniers turn around and say, ‘Hey, look, the crazy scientists got it wrong again. Why should anyone listen to them?’ In nearly every chapter of this book I’ll list doomsday claims that turned out to be completely untrue.
