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Naomi Oreskes: Why we should trust scientists
This excellent TED talk by Naomi Oreskes covers many of the same topics we’ve discussed before, concerning the limitations of scientific expertise, why scientists trust experts in other fields, and why lay people should trust scientific consensuses. via Naomi Oreskes: Why … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Change, Climate change denial, Global warming, History of science, Naomi Oreskes, Philosophy of science, Science, TED
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Michael Dowd on the personification of reality
Michael Dowd is one of the few people with the title of “Reverend” whose views on reality I find interesting. His motto is, “reality is my God, evidence is my scripture.” The other day, I did a post asking what religion … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Book of Nature, Dowd, Global warming, God, Michael Dowd, Old Testament, Philosophy, Religion, Science
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Climate Efforts Falling Short, U.N. Panel Says
In the sobering news department: Delivering the latest stark news about climate change on Sunday, a United Nations panel warned that governments are not doing enough to avert profound risks in coming decades. But the experts found a silver lining: … Continue reading
Global Warming for Beginners — Starts With A Bang! — Medium
Ethan Siegel on global warming. If you are still a skeptic about global warming, please consider taking a few minutes to learn about it. If you had never heard of global warming before, how would you figure out whether it’s happening? … Continue reading
xkcd: Cold
via xkcd: Cold As I indicated in a previous post, we seem doomed to repeat this conversation every winter. Now at least we’ll have an xkcd cartoon to point to. (Well, assuming there wasn’t one already.)
Here’s What These Record Low Temperatures Say About Global Warming
As the frigid polar vortex makes itself at home over a giant swath of the country, it’s also serving as fodder for all those equally unwelcome climate change deniers. Despite the fact that 97 percent of scientists agree that man-made … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, Climate, Climate Change, climate change deniers, Donald Trump, Environment, Global warming, Opposing Views, Science, Weather
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