I think, too, it is a fundamental issue of education, or lack of it, in the U.S. For example, scientists say, "Well, yes, the global or ocean temperatures are expected to increase 1.8 degrees Centigrade." First, Americas don't understand this centigrade stuff. Second, they think, " Well, if the weatherman says the low tonight will be 46 degrees and it goes up 1.8 degrees and is close to 48, that's no big deal. I can just wear the same sweater or jacket. So what's the problem?"
We need to communicate the holistic understanding of the planet and ecosystem. Pictures from space are not, in themselves, sufficient. TJ ============================================ Tom Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) Society of Professional Journalists <http://www.spj.org> *Check out It's The People's Data <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Its-The-Peoples-Data/1599854626919671>* http://www.jtjohnson.com t...@jtjohnson.com ============================================ On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 11:18 AM, Merle Lefkoff <merlelefk...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > ============================================================ > 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 >
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