Even better, the Arctic Vortex is due to global warming. The melting of the 
Arctic ice cap makes the jet stream, which controls the vortex, unstable, which 
is why it has looped so far south bringing the vortex with it.

http://grist.org/climate-energy/why-the-arctic-is-drunk-right-now/

Paul

On Jan 8, 2014, at 8:14 AM, Christopher Green wrote:

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]<mailto:[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


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