Regarding "We call it not understanding the difference between weather and climate", immediately after super storm Sandy and at different times afterwards, I heard a number of TV and radio commentators insinuate that Sandy was the direct result of climate change/global warming. Oy!!! So, yes Michael, given how cold it has been in the past couple of days, how could the globe be getting warmer? :)
Miguel PS: It's 13 degrees where I live in NJ; 26 in Anchorage, Alaska! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Green" <[email protected]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 8, 2014 8:14:56 AM Subject: Re: [tips] What's the Bold Term? We call it not understanding the difference between anecdote and systematic evidence. We call it not understanding the difference between weather and climate. We call it not understanding that the increase in mean global temperature comes along with an increase in variability. Chris ....... Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo > On Jan 8, 2014, at 7:23 AM, Michael Britt <[email protected]> wrote: > > Okay, so what do we call this: > > "How could there possibly be global warming? It's really cold where I am." > > Confirmation bias perhaps? Anyway, good time to talk about this is psych > class. > > Michael > > Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. > [email protected] > http://www.ThePsychFiles.com > Twitter: @mbritt > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=32520 > or send a blank email to > leave-32520-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=1133043.af3ec43309a63197bc82eb6702801542&n=T&l=tips&o=32521 or send a blank email to leave-32521-1133043.af3ec43309a63197bc82eb6702801...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=32523 or send a blank email to leave-32523-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
