One especially frustrating thing--make that infuriating--is that many Americans (and any that then follow suit, if such there be) have been influenced by the powerful lobby, The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition (TASSC). Allegedly defunct, this lobby was initiated under the auspices of (then) Phillip Morris to counter the correlation between smoking and cancer. It also undermined the claims that silicone breast implants could become health hazards, and trained its sights on climate change. Because climate change was presented as global warming, it became very easy to present anecdotes that seemed to show how ridiculous the concept was. I've not found evidence yet that this group is not defunct, the lobby changes its name when it suits the needs of the group, but the damage has been done--the seeds of question have been sown allowing for anyone with the motives to do so to press on with globally destructive endeavors. Anyone who objects is labeled a "global warming nut" and his or her credibility is called into question, because TASSC promotes (promoted) "sound science" and not that "tree-hugging" junk science. Personally, I think people should be more worried about what some of the lobbies are doing than what the government is or isn't doing, but then again, both are so entangled that one doesn't exist without the other. Carol
On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 8:39 AM, Helweg-Larsen, Marie <[email protected]>wrote: > Some humor on the issue: > > http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2014/01/polar-vortex-causes-hundreds-of-injuries-as-people-making-snide-remarks-about-climate-change-are-pun.html?mobify=0 > > And it does appear (according to some media reports - I'm not a climate > expert) that the cold snap is related to global warming (that is, the cold > weather is not just a random outlier) > http://qz.com/163636/how-global-warming-can-make-cold-snaps-even-worse/ > > Marie > > Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. > Associate Professor l Department of Psychology > Kaufman 168 l Dickinson College > Phone 717.245.1562 l Fax 717.245.1971 > http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html > > -----Original Message----- > From: MiguelRoig [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 9:01 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: Re: [tips] What's the Bold Term? > > 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=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b > > d92&n=T&l=tips&o=32520 or send a blank email to > > leave-32520-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92@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=13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a4468797f&n=T&l=tips&o=32523 > or send a blank email to > leave-32523-13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a44687...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=177920.a45340211ac7929163a0216244443341&n=T&l=tips&o=32524 > or send a blank email to > leave-32524-177920.a45340211ac7929163a0216244443...@fsulist.frostburg.edu -- Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 563-333-6482 --- 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=32528 or send a blank email to leave-32528-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
