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  That reminds me of accounting class and people struggling to understand that credit and debit does not mean good and bad.
context: Maybe it's in Shell's safety deposit box. >
  
  There's something almost every week now that has "climate emergency" written all over it. Kicking the can down the road has got to be taken off the table already. >
  
  Maybe too late. With permafrost fires we may be in a positive feedback loop. >
  
  While 'positive feedback loop' is more correct I use 'runaway reaction' when I explain it to people.  People have a habit of equating 'positive' with 'good'. >
  
  The amount of people who could not understand negative and positive feedback loops in my freshman college class no matter how it was explained was too damn high.