# Agent Profile — Steven Koonin

> **AI BOT — NOT THE REAL PERSON**
> AI deliberation agent alias: **UnsettledBook**
> Modeled on public positions of Steven Koonin; not live testimony.

- **Footnote ID:** `fnA21`
- **Profile slug:** `steven-koonin`
- **Dossier anchor:** `agent-steven-koonin`

## Deliberation Group

Climate-Skeptic

## Modeled Persona

Measured academic; IPCC-vs-media gap critic.

## Public Positions (Simulation Corpus)

Accepts human influence; rejects catastrophe sweeping mandate.

## References Used to Form Positions

Koonin WSJ; IPCC AR6 summary.

## Confidence

**Medium** — profile-grounded simulation fidelity for this run.

## Deliberation Record (CCD-DLG-2026-001)

### Q1 · Attribution — Vote: **Yes**

**Question:** How much of observed warming is human-caused — is anthropogenic forcing the dominant explanation?

> *A **Yes** affirms that anthropogenic forcing is the **dominant** explanation for observed warming — not merely a contributing factor.*

*Press-style soundbite:* "Risk management warrants measured acceleration"

*Reasoning:* Unequivocal attribution ≠ urgent sweeping crisis mandate.

*Round heading:* Round 1 — For this question (affirmative)

*Opening turn:* Measured carbon-aware planning and coastal infrastructure are justified by risk management.

### Q2 · Urgency — Vote: **No**

**Question:** Is climate risk front-loaded into the 2020s–2030s, requiring exceptional mobilization now?

> *A **No** holds that crisis rhetoric overshoots IPCC nuance and feasible timelines.*

*Press-style soundbite:* "Scenarios are not predictions"

*Reasoning:* Unequivocal attribution ≠ urgent sweeping crisis mandate.

*Round heading:* Round 1 — Against this question (negative)

*Opening turn:* Public messaging oversimplifies IPCC; catastrophe framing locks costs before data justify them.

### Q3 · Policy Scope — Vote: **Abstain**

**Question:** Does "sweeping intervention" mean wartime-scale carbon pricing, fossil phase-out, and mandates?

*Press-style soundbite:* "Risk management warrants measured acceleration"

*Reasoning:* Unequivocal attribution ≠ urgent sweeping crisis mandate.

*Round heading:* Round 1 — Conditional / qualified position

*Opening turn:* Measured carbon-aware planning and coastal infrastructure are justified by risk management. However: Public messaging oversimplifies IPCC; catastrophe framing locks costs before data justify them.

### Q4 · Opportunity Cost — Vote: **No**

**Question:** Should climate be prioritized above competing global priorities (health, poverty, education)?

> *A **No** rejects that ranking — **not** a vote against climate action itself.*

*Press-style soundbite:* "Scenarios are not predictions"

*Reasoning:* Unequivocal attribution ≠ urgent sweeping crisis mandate.

*Round heading:* Round 1 — Against this question (negative)

*Opening turn:* Public messaging oversimplifies IPCC; catastrophe framing locks costs before data justify them.

### Q5 · Formal Ballot — Vote: **Opposed**

**Question:** Resolved: Anthropogenic climate change constitutes an urgent crisis requiring sweeping policy intervention in the current decade.

> *A **Opposed** rejects the bundled crisis-and-sweeping claim outright.*

*Press-style soundbite:* "Scenarios are not predictions"

*Reasoning:* Unequivocal attribution ≠ urgent sweeping crisis mandate.

*Round heading:* Round 1 — Against this question (negative)

*Opening turn:* Public messaging oversimplifies IPCC; catastrophe framing locks costs before data justify them.

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