@realcaseyrollins
I forget the topic, but my uncle once offered to pray for me. "No! Please do not do that!"
Science has shown that prayer from people you know tends to be detrimental, whereas prayer from people you don't know tends to be beneficial.
Mathematicians Solve an Enduring '42' Problem Using Planetary Supercomputer
Nothing in the Constitution establishes the conept of parties. George Washington abhored the very idea of political parties and predicted they'd be the end of the republic. (He was obviously right.)
The last time I voted in a primary was 1980. Since then, I may have voted republicrat twice in the general election. Parties are evil.
@snow
Not really. When they give a specific number, I don't believe it's as trustworthy as a range.
@snow
Why the big concern?
So far this flu season (since October) 10-25 THOUSAND people have died in the US alone from normal influenza virus.
Last number I saw worldwide for nCoV19 was ~800. This is being politicized and significance WAY overstated.
Scientific Problem Solving with Psychedelics - James Fadiman
@freemo
Well... Like giving Obama the Peace Prize before he'd been in office 10 months, and then he goes and launches 10x the drone strikes (or was it 10x "collateral damage?") that Bush did.
Giving an award for "scientific communication" that wasn't in the least bit scientific is just... wrong.
@freemo
The point is that the author makes a valid point:
The warming stripes do not communicate science, they rely on a well-known human bias to see patterns in random walks. This is the same bias exploited by many investment charlatans, and it is dispiriting to see it win awards for science communication.
@freemo
First line of the article:
Two years ago, climate scientist Ed Hawkins created what he called “warming stripes” to demonstrate global warming “undeniably,” in the hopes of, “triggering a change of attitude that will lead to mass action."
@freemo
The point is scientists should not be using the "marketing" tools of charlatans and hedge fund managers.
No One Can Predict Future Climate, So Stop the Scaremongering
"... the point is if your chart cannot be distinguished from one generated by a random walk, then you have no reason to put any faith in the patterns you see in it."
@realcaseyrollins
Denial comes from a place of fear whereas positive affirmation comes from a place of faith.
Whales are vital to curb climate change - this is the reason why
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/11/whales-carbon-capture-climate-change/
@freemo @realcaseyrollins @SecondJon
Record highs have been set all over the world ever since the ice age... in ways that seem freakishly improbable. Until we're well on the way down the road to the next ice age, record high temperatures will continue to made.
@freemo @realcaseyrollins @SecondJon
For future reference, the distance from Esperanza Base to the South Pole is 1,845 mi.
@freemo @realcaseyrollins @SecondJon
Not sure. It might have been
https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/antarctica/south-pole
@realcaseyrollins @SecondJon @freemo
@realcaseyrollins
It was 65 on the peninsula.
It was -25 at the pole.
When someone says "literally" that's a signal to take the statement literally.
" You can literally sit outside with a short sleeve shirt on AT THE SOUTH POLE and not be cold right now..." (emphasis added)
@freemo
It's currently -25F at the south pole with a chill factor of -47F.
I don't know about you, but I would not only be FUCKIING COLD, but frost bitten within minutes.
Joined May 2019
