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August 2014 Warmest on record, globally
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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostIf the zealots then say that the world will end in 2 years unless we pay squillions of money to Scientists to tell us we are going to die this is not fact. .My subconscious is annoying. It's got a mind of its own.Comment
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Originally posted by EternalOptimist View PostIt's called confirmation bias. Different people interpret the same data in different ways.
If you skew your interpretation in a way that supports your hypothesis, thats confirmation bias.
People who have an emotional stake in the game are particularly vulnerable.
emo people who have a hypothesis - danger will robinson
detached people who are sceptical - very trustworthyMy subconscious is annoying. It's got a mind of its own.Comment
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Originally posted by pjclarke View PostNobody is saying that are they? Or anything remotely like it.
Having done the search myself it is also interesting that many of the doom mongers offer some smidgen of hope. why? firstly to cover themselves just in case they are wrong. Secondly by offering a glimmer of hope they are assured that the gravy train from which they prosper remains switched on.
After all Vincent price - even though he had to make an example by hanging a few witches always gave anyone with a few bob a route to salvation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3Mfes57Nt8Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Originally posted by EternalOptimist View PostI would not be suprised if PJ came along and said that he predicted this all along, and that increased ice was indeed caused by global warming
But to describe this years Arctic ice numbers as an increase or a 'recovery' as some are, just because we haven't had another record low this year, well, that looks like the confirmation bias of which you speak. according to the US NSIDC
'On September 17, Arctic sea ice reached its likely minimum extent for 2014. This is now the sixth lowest extent in the satellite record and reinforces the long-term downward trend in Arctic ice extentMy subconscious is annoying. It's got a mind of its own.Comment
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Originally posted by pjclarke View PostN
But to describe this years Arctic ice numbers as an increase or a 'recovery' as some are, just because we haven't had another record low this year, well, that looks like the confirmation bias of which you speak. according to the US NSIDCLet us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostUnfortunately most lefties are also pretty witless and lack the emotional intelligence to understand things like metaphor or deliberate exaggerations to make a point.Comment
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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostAgain hardly factual is it? This is a prognosis where you disagree with someone else. presumably because you disagree with EOs prognosis this therefore make him a denier?Last edited by pjclarke; 23 September 2014, 08:36.My subconscious is annoying. It's got a mind of its own.Comment
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