Nick is right. The uneducated (who also vote) do not understand, for example, that climate events will continue to be more intense, if not more frequent. And the ambiguity necessary to nonlinear models causes great confusion. People need certainly and prediction and have been led to believe science will get them there.
On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 8:13 AM, Nick Thompson <nickthomp...@earthlink.net> wrote: > This is “our” fault. We have failed to articulate and distribute a > language that adequately relates changes in probabilities of events with > changes in particular events. We say that “harvey” was caused by global > warming, but then we bridle when senators carry snowballs into congress. > Yes, this is “our” fault. > > > > Nick > > > > Nicholas S. Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology > > Clark University > > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > > > *From:* Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] *On Behalf Of *Jochen > Fromm > *Sent:* Friday, December 29, 2017 1:23 AM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > friam@redfish.com> > *Subject:* [FRIAM] Climate Change > > > > This is what Donald wrote on Twitter tonight: > > "In the East, it could be the COLDEST New Year’s Eve on record. Perhaps we > could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming that our Country, > but not other countries, was going to pay TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS to protect > against. Bundle up!" > > https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/946531657229701120 > > > > Only an idiot would ignore climate change. Is he really this stupid? My > god.. > > > > -J. > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove > -- Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy emergentdiplomacy.org Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA merlelefk...@gmail.com <merlelef...@gmail.com> mobile: (303) 859-5609 skype: merle.lelfkoff2 twitter: @Merle_Lefkoff
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