> In practice however there are limits to both time and ability to understand. It does seem that for some big ticket items like global warming the way to go wo

> In practice however there are limits to both time and ability to understand. It does seem that for some big ticket items like global warming the way to go would be have an open sourced app people can download and play with the simulations themselves. The scientists working on this stuff do make efforts to put this material together in a comprehensible form, so it's all out there. But it's very hard to trace anything back to the original data, and it seems like we're getting to the point where enough tools to do this are becoming ubiquitous. > I suspect Sophism is the main culprit really - arguing based on feelings as opposed to facts. I think that's very much our default behavior. When I've seen policy discussions it seems overwhelmingly that people look at it through a personal lens, and then they've set themselves up so criticism of their position is criticism of them. And then it's bloody difficult to deescalate without seeming condescending.