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why aren't all 3 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't; assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card: ▮▮▮▮▮ certainty · ▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable

Assertion Contradicted
Friedberg: Forecasts Project 90% of Global Population in Africa and South Asia by 2100
“There's about 95% of the world's people at the end of the century, based on recent population forecasts, call it 90% of people, that will live in Africa and South Asia, ok? 10% of the people will live elsewhere.”
David Friedberg Feb 15, 2023 ▶ 9:20 David Friedberg — How Technology Solves Our Climate Crisis
Assertion Contradicted
Friedberg: Latin American farmers make nearly 10x US farmer operating margins
“They make nearly 10 times as much profit in terms of their margin, their operating margin, as a U.S. Farmer.”
David Friedberg Feb 15, 2023 ▶ 19:19 David Friedberg — How Technology Solves Our Climate Crisis
Assertion Contradicted
Friedberg: Fusion startups grew from about 7 to roughly 70
“Two years, three years ago, there was about seven fusion startups. Today, there should, there's roughly 70.”
David Friedberg Feb 15, 2023 ▶ 48:25 David Friedberg — How Technology Solves Our Climate Crisis
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