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How to Talk About Climate Change
The aspect of the climate change controversy (and other issues in public discourse) that intrigues me most of all is the ability of people on opposite sides to talk past each other. I say it intrigues...
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Why Climate Change Is Controversial — or Is It?
My article at ThomasNet last week generated some controversy — see “All This Wrangling Over Climate Change – What’s Up With That?” Commenters on multiple ideological sides of the debate chimed in with...
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How the Internet Reinforces Confirmation Bias
Recently I wrote about confirmation bias in connection with the climate change controversy — see my article at ThomasNet, “All This Wrangling Over Climate Change – What’s Up With That?” The Skeptic’s...
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Programs for Recycling Food Scraps Gaining Traction
Recently at ThomasNet Green & Clean, I wrote about programs that are starting up around North America to recycle food scraps from homes, institutions, and businesses — see “Not Your Grandma’s...
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Three Types of Political Extremists
Here’s a possible classification of extremists: 1. True Believers — People whose extremism arises from a sincere belief in the extreme ideology being promoted. 2. Needle-Pushers — Cynical practicers of...
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The Climate Change Controversy – What’s It Really About?
Recently I’ve been writing a series of columns on climate change over at ThomasNet Green & Clean. Although I do talk about the scientific arguments around human-caused global warming, I’m also...
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What the Climate Change Controversy Is Really About
I’ve discussed this question before over on ThomasNet Green & Clean — see my piece “The Climate Change Controversy — What’s It Really About?“ However, I’m meditating on a somewhat different way to...
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Why It’s Good to Pay Attention to Climate Change Misinformers
I’ve heard a lot of people say that we shouldn’t listen to the “deniers” of man-made global warming, and that the media shouldn’t give them “equal time.” I’m going to step out of line and say I think...
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Clive Hamilton: Nature v technology: climate ‘belief’ is politics, not science
I very rarely republish articles from other writers verbatim here, but this piece from Clive Hamilton of Charles Sturt University in Australia makes some very good points about the true roots of the...
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Climate Scientists Flummoxed by Snowstorm
Egad! A snowstorm! Maybe global warming isn’t true after all. Oh, wait, it’s March in the Northern Hemisphere, so it’s still cold enough to snow. You almost had me there! Comic by Slowpoke Comics ARB —...
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