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Europe Will Never Be The Same. Neither Will The World.
Europe Will Never Be The Same. Neither Will The World. RLOppenheimer New flag for EU 2015To reiterate: People are genetically biased against change, because change means potential danger. People are also genetically biased against acknowledging this bias, because they wish to see themselves as being able to cope with both change and danger. Put together, this means […]
BBC Protects U.K.’s Close Ally Saudi Arabia With Incredibly Dishonest and Biased Editing
BBC Protects U.K.’s Close Ally Saudi Arabia With Incredibly Dishonest and Biased Editing The BBC loves to boast about how “objective” and “neutral” it is. But a recent article, which it was forced to change, illustrates the lengths to which the British state-funded media outlet will go to protect one of the U.K. government’s closest allies, Saudi Arabia, […]
Duality in climate science
Duality in climate science A commentary published in Nature Geoscience (online Oct. 2015) Brief Abstract: The commentary demonstrates the endemic bias prevalent amongst many of those developing emission scenarios to severely underplay the scale of the 2°C mitigation challenge. In several important respects the modelling community is self-censoring its research to conform to the dominant political and economic […]
20 cognitive biases that screw up your decisions
20 cognitive biases that screw up your decisions You make thousands of rational decisions every day — or so you think. From what you’ll eat throughout the day to whether you should make a big career move, research suggests that there are a number of cognitive stumbling blocks that affect your behaviour, and they can […]
It Just Doesn’t Matter
It Just Doesn’t Matter When an avalanche is about to descend upon you, does it really matter which snowflake was the penultimate cause? While it’s interesting (in a mental masturbation kind of way) to debate the genesis of a pending market collapse, environmental chaos, or energy cliff, in the end, it really doesn’t matter–unless, of course, […]
Rutgers University Warns Students – “There is No Such Thing as Free Speech”
Rutgers University Warns Students – “There is No Such Thing as Free Speech” Ironically, U.S. college campuses are rapidly becoming the least free, most censored places in the country. Many people have commented on this, including high profile, enormously talented comedians such as Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld. In fact, Chris Rock was so appalled […]
Kinder Morgan pipeline review by NEB loses 35 participants over ‘flawed’ process
Kinder Morgan pipeline review by NEB loses 35 participants over ‘flawed’ process ‘We can’t abide by the system any more. It’s too flawed,’ says former participant Dozens of participants have dropped out of the controversial National Energy Board review of Kinder Morgan’s proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, saying they can no longer support a “biased” and “unfair” process. Thirty-five […]
Where Porter is On and Off in Explaining US Media Bias on Saudi Aggression against Yemen
Where Porter is On and Off in Explaining US Media Bias on Saudi Aggression against Yemen In an important new article, award-winning journalist Gareth Porter notes that US and Western media are using the term “proxy war” as “a way of softening the harsh reality of Saudi aggression” against Yemen. A proxy war by definition, Porter […]
