Why we need to keep our minds open

[Crick]

An article on a psychological study that shows people often think they have enough information to arrive at a correct conclusion when they actually do not. However, when presented with the entire picture, most people were willing to change their minds.

Never stop looking at new information.

The science behind why people think they're right when they're so, so wrong

A new study illustrates the saying, "you don't know what you don't know."

www.nbcnews.com

The illusion of information adequacy

How individuals navigate perspectives and attitudes that diverge from their own affects an array of interpersonal outcomes from the health of marriages to the unfolding of international conflicts. The finesse with which people negotiate these differing perceptions depends critically upon their...

journals.plos.org

 

[1srelluc]

So, there's always room for more CC hoax?

Your mind might be able to handle it but your wallet screams out for help.

 

[Crick]

So, there's always room for more CC hoax?

Your mind might be able to handle it but your wallet screams out for help.

My wallet isn't screaming for help. Is yours? And, if so, what is it screaming about?

 

[1srelluc]

My wallet isn't screaming for help. Is yours? And, if so, what is it screaming about?

Climate change grift.

 

[Crick]

Climate change grift.

How about some specifics? What money is coming out of your pocket that you think is "grift"?

 

[1srelluc]

How about some specifics? What money is coming out of your pocket that you think is "grift"?

All of it.

 

[Crick]

All of it.

The money you pay for food, rent and medicine is funding a "climate change grift"? Care to explain?

 

[Grumblenuts]

The idea is that if you ask the average person if they know how a toilet works, they will likely reply that they do. But upon being asked to explain how a toilet works, they quickly realize they don’t know how a toilet works, just how to get it to work by pressing a lever.

Mother Nature doesn't care one way or the other.
{pun intended}

 

[JLW]

The money you pay for food, rent and medicine is funding a "climate change grift"? Care to explain?

Yeah, most these people who speak of the costs of combatting climate either do not know what they are talking about or don’t realize they are already spending money in higher insurance premiums and infrastructure projects aimed at ameliorating its effects.

Be careful not to ask too many questions here because in the end it all becomes circular reasoning with these folks.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

An article on a psychological study that shows people often think they have enough information to arrive at a correct conclusion when they actually do not. However, when presented with the entire picture, most people were willing to change their minds.

Never stop looking at new information.

The science behind why people think they're right when they're so, so wrong

A new study illustrates the saying, "you don't know what you don't know."

www.nbcnews.com

The illusion of information adequacy

How individuals navigate perspectives and attitudes that diverge from their own affects an array of interpersonal outcomes from the health of marriages to the unfolding of international conflicts. The finesse with which people negotiate these differing perceptions depends critically upon their...

journals.plos.org

I'm open to better solutions to "man-made global warming".

 

[Woodznutz]

The climate isn't the problem, it's the weather!