Greta Thunberg (or her supportive mother) made a statement that made it into this book that has been interpreted in two ways.
- The negative way is that the words meant what they said, and Greta could see carbon dioxide pollution.
- The positive way is that it was metaphorical, that the literal interpretation is just silly. Thunberg has confirmed this interpretation.
Here’s a Quora thread favoring that positive view.
So I asked someone employed in translation of Swedish to English to review the source material, including the webpage making the original claim. They were not aware of the controversy before I brought it up.
And JR’s opinion is that this was not written in a metaphorical way.
My response to this was “So she’s claiming she has a superpower?”. He laughed and said “Yes”.
Of course, if I’d claimed I had a superpower and then people called me on it, I’d spin a better interpretation too.
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