So let's say, let's say, for the sake of argument, that all the water levels around the world rise by, let's say, five feet over the next hundred years—say, ten feet over the next hundred years—and it puts all the low-lying areas on the coast underwater. Which—let's say all of that happens. You think that people aren't going to just sell their homes and move?

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "So let's say, let's say, for the sake of argument, that all the water levels around the world rise by, let's say, five feet over the next hundred years—say, ten feet over the next hundred years—and it puts all the low-lying areas on the coast underwater. Which—let's say all of that happens. You think that people aren't going to just sell their homes and move?" in the context of ""Ben Shapiro VS Climate Change", YouTube, Date: 2017-01-08, 5:37
• On the Lex Fridman Podcast #336, Shapiro has clarified what he meant by this statement: "The argument that I am making is over time. I don't mean that if a tsunami is about to hit your house, you can list it on eBay. That's not what I mean, obviously. What I mean is that human beings have an extraordinay ability to adapt, it's actually our best quality, and that as water levels rise, real estate prices in those areas tend to fall. That over time, people tend to abandon those areas. They tend to leave. They tend to, right now, sell their houses, and then they tend to move. And eventually, those houses will be worthless, and you won't have anybody to sell to. But presumably, not that many people will be living there by that point, which is one of the reasons why the price will be low, because there is no demand."" to mean that wisdom is timeless.