# Doomsday Predictions About Inevitable Heat Mortality Are Pessimistic as Well as Condescending by Kyle O'Donnell > "Doomsday predictions about inevitable heat mortality are pessimistic as well as condescending." > **— Kyle O'Donnell**, *Half-Baked Crisis: We Aren’t Going to Cook Ourselves to Death* ## Sources and Context - **Direct publication (2025):** [Half-Baked Crisis: We Aren’t Going to Cook Ourselves to Death](https://humanprogress.org/the-heat-crisis-is-half-baked/) — exact wording verified in the article text. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers|AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]] - **Article:** [[articles/STFU About AI and Water and Just Eat Your Burger|STFU About AI and Water and Just Eat Your Burger]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/HumanProgress.org|HumanProgress.org]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Doomsday predictions about inevitable heat mortality are pessimistic as well as condescending." — Kyle O'Donnell, Half-Baked Crisis: We Aren’t Going to Cook Ourselves to Death, 2025 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-kyle-donnell-heat-doomsday-condescending ```