Showing posts with label culture wars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label culture wars. Show all posts
Saturday, July 31, 2021

U.N. climate panel confronts implausibly hot forecasts of future warming

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U.N. climate panel confronts implausibly hot forecasts of future warming. Paul Voosen. Science Magazine, Jul. 27, 2021. https://www.sciencem...
Wednesday, May 12, 2021

CRED Louvain climate disaster events “This is creating weather-related disasters that are completely unprecedented”

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Dot Earth NEW YORK TIMES BLOG SEARCH Gore Pulls Slide of Disaster Trends BY ANDREW C. REVKIN FEBRUARY 23, 2009 12:31 PM February 23, 2009 1...
Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Science Skepticism Across 24 Countries: General faith in science was predicted by spirituality, suggesting that it, more than religiosity, may be the ‘enemy’ of science acceptance

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Science Skepticism Across 24 Countries. Bastiaan T. Rutjens et al. Social Psychological and Personality Science, April 28, 2021. https://doi...
Monday, March 1, 2021

Communicating extreme forecasts... Scientists mention uncertainty far more frequently than non-scientists; thus, the bias in media toward coverage of non-scientific voices may be 'anti-uncertainty', not 'anti-science'

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Apocalypse now? Communicating extreme forecasts. David C. Rode; Paul S. Fischbeck. International Journal of Global Warming, 2021 Vol.23 No.2...
Monday, January 4, 2021

Distorting the view of our climate future: The misuse and abuse of climate pathways and scenarios

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Distorting the view of our climate future: The misuse and abuse of climate pathways and scenarios. Roger Pielke Jr., Justin Ritchie. Energy ...

Paris Agreement cost of $819–$1,890 billion per year in 2030 would reduce emissions in 1% of what is needed to limit average temperature rise to 1.5C; global costs from extreme weather have declined 26% over the last 28 years

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Welfare in the 21st century: Increasing development, reducing inequality, the impact of climate change, and the cost of climate policies. Bj...
Thursday, June 22, 2017

Not taking responsibility: Equity trumps efficiency in allocation decisions

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Not taking responsibility: Equity trumps efficiency in allocation decisions. By  Gordon-Hecker, Tom; Rosensaft-Eshel, Daniela; Pittarello, A...

Evaluation of a proposal for reliable low-cost grid power with 100% wind, water, and solar

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Evaluation of a proposal for reliable low-cost grid power with 100% wind, water, and solar. By Christopher T. M Clack, Staffan A. Qvist, Jay...
Friday, June 9, 2017

Physical Safety Promotes Socially (but Not Economically) Progressive Attitudes among Conservatives

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Napier, J. L., Huang, J., Vonasch, A. J., and Bargh, J. A. (2017) Superheroes for Change: Physical Safety Promotes Socially (but Not Economi...

Why Elites Love Authentic Lowbrow Culture: Overcoming High-Status Denigration with Outsider Art

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Why Elites Love Authentic Lowbrow Culture: Overcoming High-Status Denigration with Outsider Art. By Oliver Hahl, Ezra W. Zuckerman, Minjae K...

Are the ethnically tolerant free of discrimination, prejudice and political intolerance? They aren't.

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Bizumic, B., Kenny, A., Iyer, R., Tanuwira, J., and Huxley, E. (2017) Are the ethnically tolerant free of discrimination, prejudice and poli...
Thursday, June 8, 2017

Need for uniqueness motivates conspiracy beliefs

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Imhoff, R., and Lamberty, P. K. (2017) Too special to be duped: Need for uniqueness motivates conspiracy beliefs. Eur. J. Soc. Psychol., doi...
Monday, June 5, 2017

Increase in deployment & combat injuries for white and Hispanic soldiers relative to black ones & for soldiers from high-income neighborhoods relative to those from low-income ones

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Who Will Fight? The All-Volunteer Army after 9/11. By Susan Payne Carter, Alexander Smith & Carl Wojtaszek American Economic Review, Ma...
Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Yale's Little Robespierres - Students berate faculty who try to defend free speech

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Yale's Little Robespierres. WSJ Editorial http://www.wsj.com/articles/yales-little-robespierres-1447115476 Students berate faculty who...
Friday, October 9, 2015

Daniel Schuchman's review of Harry G. Frankfurt's On Inequality

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Beggar Thy Neighbor. By Daniel Schuchman Daniel Schuchman's review of Harry G. Frankfurt's On Inequality (Princeton, 102 pages, $14...