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Following this story for the last couple days, it's interesting to see that based on the same research, the headlines have become more and more certain of the r

Following this story for the last couple days, it's interesting to see that based on the same research, the headlines have become more and more certain of the results. What started as "Mars may be emerging from an ice age..." has quickly morphed into "Mars is emerging from an ice age..."

nxzero 10y ago
It's classic herding behavior; that being earlier adopters are more willing to take risks in their view of reality, but also pragmatic in their observations. The mainstream takes less risk and constructs a reality based on absolutes. Laggers believe their reality is the only true one; when confronted with a reality that does not match their own, they ignore it until it's no longer an option to do so.
cschmidt 10y ago
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