Lets hear more about your idea to test people before being able to vote.
Sounds a bit elitist.
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Lets hear more about your idea to test people before being able to vote.
Sounds a bit elitist.
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While the NYT is largely trash for their OP-ED, and weird both-sidesism of politics, this is a great analysis and worth looking at.
World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target
Exclusive: Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of heating with disastrous results for humanity, poll of hundreds of scientists finds
One of the biggest reasons our personal lifestyle choices matter when it comes to the climate crisis is that what we do changes us. And the other big reason is that what we do and say changes others, too.
And the contagion of seeing others act, says behavioral economist Robert Frank, can spread “more like outbreaks of measles or chicken pox than a process of rational choice.” The difference is that, unlike coronavirus, behavioral contagion can be a good thing.
In 2015, two geographers noticed solar panels popping up on houses in their small US state of Connecticut. Curious, they set out to see if they could figure out what predicted who had them. Would they be in richer homes? Or in areas with higher population density?
Early adopters of solar panels tend to be people who are interested in innovative technology, who find an installer they trust, and who think having solar panels will benefit them. But once an early adopter made their choice, the geographers found, a cluster would spring up around them. Having solar panels on a house near you, where you could see them and talk to a real live person who had them, it turned out, was the biggest predictor of whether you’d get them yourself.
Why? Because it brought down the “cost” of information. You didn’t have to go somewhere or find a new person to talk to; they were right there beside you and ready and eager to bend your ear with all the information you needed to make the same choice they had.
And the contagion of seeing others act, says behavioral economist Robert Frank, can spread “more like outbreaks of measles or chicken pox than a process of rational choice.” The difference is that, unlike coronavirus, behavioral contagion can be a good thing.
In 2015, two geographers noticed solar panels popping up on houses in their small US state of Connecticut. Curious, they set out to see if they could figure out what predicted who had them. Would they be in richer homes? Or in areas with higher population density?
Early adopters of solar panels tend to be people who are interested in innovative technology, who find an installer they trust, and who think having solar panels will benefit them. But once an early adopter made their choice, the geographers found, a cluster would spring up around them. Having solar panels on a house near you, where you could see them and talk to a real live person who had them, it turned out, was the biggest predictor of whether you’d get them yourself.
Why? Because it brought down the “cost” of information. You didn’t have to go somewhere or find a new person to talk to; they were right there beside you and ready and eager to bend your ear with all the information you needed to make the same choice they had.
Here’s how your climate-related choices are contagious (in a good way!)
What’s the key to inspiring positive action on climate change? Seeing and hearing about real solutions, says climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe PhD. Not only will you be more likely to act &#…
ideas.ted.com
This makes a lot of sense to me. My friend in Virginia installed solar panels after several of his neighbors had done so. From my experience, solar installers were fairly aggressive in pursuing additional installs after completing one near my house. I’m planning on adding solar panels on my back roof at some point. The Sun exposure is ideal—just need to save more cashOne of the biggest reasons our personal lifestyle choices matter when it comes to the climate crisis is that what we do changes us. And the other big reason is that what we do and say changes others, too.
And the contagion of seeing others act, says behavioral economist Robert Frank, can spread “more like outbreaks of measles or chicken pox than a process of rational choice.” The difference is that, unlike coronavirus, behavioral contagion can be a good thing.
In 2015, two geographers noticed solar panels popping up on houses in their small US state of Connecticut. Curious, they set out to see if they could figure out what predicted who had them. Would they be in richer homes? Or in areas with higher population density?
Early adopters of solar panels tend to be people who are interested in innovative technology, who find an installer they trust, and who think having solar panels will benefit them. But once an early adopter made their choice, the geographers found, a cluster would spring up around them. Having solar panels on a house near you, where you could see them and talk to a real live person who had them, it turned out, was the biggest predictor of whether you’d get them yourself.
Why? Because it brought down the “cost” of information. You didn’t have to go somewhere or find a new person to talk to; they were right there beside you and ready and eager to bend your ear with all the information you needed to make the same choice they had.
Here’s how your climate-related choices are contagious (in a good way!)
What’s the key to inspiring positive action on climate change? Seeing and hearing about real solutions, says climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe PhD. Not only will you be more likely to act &#…ideas.ted.com
World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target
Exclusive: Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of heating with disastrous results for humanity, poll of hundreds of scientists findswww.theguardian.com
That can't be right, a random Everton fan from Tipperary said it's all wham
Tipp blue
If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.
See now you've gotten it... Still waiting for them to tell us that we just had the hottest driest April on record, and people believe it and use it as proof,although they usually wait a while untill people forget how wet and cold it was.
Edit, they have already said that it was in the top 20 warmest Aprils on record in Ireland.. my arse it was, it was utterly miserable
Why would they do that mate?
Tipp blue
If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.
I don't know but I edited my previous post to show that they have already said April was one of the warmest on record.. no chance.
Hard to believe our top environmental expert still doesnt understand the difference between weather and climate
What a top top thinker he is, easy to see why he saw the gaps in a scientific consensus that Carl Sagan and his modern day peers could not. Must be another polymorth
What a top top thinker he is, easy to see why he saw the gaps in a scientific consensus that Carl Sagan and his modern day peers could not. Must be another polymorth
Tipp blue
If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.
We're you in Ireland for April? I'm saying that there is no way the average temperature of April was in the top 20 highest on record.. I actually said it as a joke that they'd tell us that.. then upon searching I find that they have said it..
Tipp blue
If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.
Sorry I've been put in my place here.. apparently despite everyone thinking it was a cold April the statistics say otherwise.. 
a mass delusion has taken place, despite us all freezing our asses off for an entire month we have just been told that we basically just imagined it and the temperature was above average.. I don't know what things were like in the UK but this article says a warm start and a cold end to April, well in Ireland we didn't have a warm start or end yet they've just told us that April was in the top 20 warmest on record.
www.netweather.tv
a mass delusion has taken place, despite us all freezing our asses off for an entire month we have just been told that we basically just imagined it and the temperature was above average.. I don't know what things were like in the UK but this article says a warm start and a cold end to April, well in Ireland we didn't have a warm start or end yet they've just told us that April was in the top 20 warmest on record.
April 2024 - Was it that cold overall? A look at the statistics
General perception from many is that April was a cold month, but statistics would suggest otherwise, with the average temperature for the whole month coming in just above the 30 year average for the UK as a whole. A warm first half to to the month averaged out the cold second half.
www.netweather.tv
Sure look, who needs the PHds and all the painstakingly collated empirical scientific data? We have netweather.tv
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