Carol, If you are interested in the connections between the smoking-cancer denial lobby and the climate change denial lobby, read Oreskes & Conway's _Merchants of Doubt_. Indeed, the two groups consist of many of the very same individuals. Science denial is a highly-paid political industry, not just a few parochial whack jobs. http://www.amazon.com/Merchants-Doubt-Handful-Scientists-Obscured/dp/1608193942
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 10:32 AM, Carol DeVolder <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > 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. 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