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Now, I know there are still a few who insist that climate change is one big hoax, even a political conspiracy. My friends, these people are so out of touch with science that they believe rising sea levels don’t matter, because, in their view, the extra water is just going to spill out over the sides of a flat Earth.

— John Kerry on Climate change denial

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Now, I know there are still a few who insist that climate change is one big hoax, even a political conspiracy. My friends, these people are so out of touch with science that they believe rising sea levels don’t matter, because, in their view, the extra water is just going to spill out over the sides of a flat Earth." in the context of "John Kerry, It Is Not Enough: Despite Promise of New Aid, U.S. Urged to Take Responsibility for Climate Crisis, December 9, 2015, Paris" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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John Kerry

About John Kerry

John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is a politician, former Massachusetts Senator, Democratic Party's nominee for President in 2004, son of Richard John Kerry and Rosemary Isabel Forbes, husband of Teresa Heinz Kerry. From 2013 to 2017, he served as the 68th United States Secretary of State.