25 January 2014
Well Made Point by XKCD
Posted by Dan Satterfield
How to spot someone whose critical thinking skills are in need of improvement. XKCD.com has a classic today:
New research from George Mason University shows that most people do get it now.
Click to read the GMU report.
A New survey conducted by George Mason University is interesting:
- Over half of Americans (56%) say “global warming is affecting weather in the United States.”
- A large majority of Americans say their state and local government should make it a priority to protect public water supplies (78%), transportation/roads/bridges (73%), people’s health (72%), the electricity system (71%), agriculture (70%), and public sewer systems (69%) from extreme weather over the next 10 years.
“The great thing about science, is it’s true whether not you believe it.” Neil deGrasse Tyson
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.
But … but …
Al Gore is fat and keeps his thermostat at 74! David Suzuki has three houses and lets his tour bus idle for hours.
Oh! Well in that case, all that science must be wrong! 😉
DS