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Oh, an article about global warming, let me get my checklist ☑ no useful set of data presented (anecdotal evidence, selection bias) ☑ failure to understand no

Oh, an article about global warming, let me get my checklist ☑ no useful set of data presented (anecdotal evidence, selection bias) ☑ failure to understand nonlinear, chaotic systems ☑ logical fallacies (we have other issues that have people more worried, so climate change is solved) ☑ sweeping generalisations ☑ a bit of conspiracy theory thrown in for good measure I think I'll pass, and go for a walk outside, where unusually for the season, there is no snow!

ojbyrne 18y ago
It's a newspaper. Expecting any of those things is misunderstanding what they're about. Though I agree that this article was truly, magnificently, horrendously full of crap. Unfortunately that's what sells newspapers.
- Prrometheus 18y ago
  I once saw a newspaper website ask readers to email in examples of global warming in their neighborhood. As you can imagine, "I didn't see many squirrels around this year as usual" and other such intelligent commentary topped the list. Way to "educate" the population, mainstream media!
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Shamiq 18y ago
"there is no snow" It was 60 F in Chicago yesterday. That's non-typical for the middle of the winter.
- carbon8 18y ago
  Context: In Chicago, it was -3 F at the beginning of the week, 38 F (high) the day before yesterday and now it's back to 31 F (current). It also snowed for most of the past week and a half and there was still a thick layer of snow until it melted yesterday. Chicago's weather already has a relatively large swing from season to season, but it also has flukes like yesterday from time to time.
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- albertni 18y ago
  If you haven't seen how wildly Chicago weather can swing from day to day, you haven't spent enough time in Chicago. There's really no such thing as "non-typical weather" for any specific day in the Windy City.
nazgulnarsil 18y ago
topping off your analytical refutation with an anecdotal quip about climate kinda defeats the theme of your post.
- fallentimes 18y ago
  It was a joke.

ojbyrne 18y ago

It's a newspaper. Expecting any of those things is misunderstanding what they're about. Though I agree that this article was truly, magnificently, horrendously full of crap. Unfortunately that's what sells newspapers.

Prrometheus 18y ago
I once saw a newspaper website ask readers to email in examples of global warming in their neighborhood. As you can imagine, "I didn't see many squirrels around this year as usual" and other such intelligent commentary topped the list. Way to "educate" the population, mainstream media!

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Shamiq 18y ago

"there is no snow" It was 60 F in Chicago yesterday. That's non-typical for the middle of the winter.

carbon8 18y ago
Context: In Chicago, it was -3 F at the beginning of the week, 38 F (high) the day before yesterday and now it's back to 31 F (current). It also snowed for most of the past week and a half and there was still a thick layer of snow until it melted yesterday. Chicago's weather already has a relatively large swing from season to season, but it also has flukes like yesterday from time to time.
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albertni 18y ago
If you haven't seen how wildly Chicago weather can swing from day to day, you haven't spent enough time in Chicago. There's really no such thing as "non-typical weather" for any specific day in the Windy City.

nazgulnarsil 18y ago

topping off your analytical refutation with an anecdotal quip about climate kinda defeats the theme of your post.

fallentimes 18y ago
It was a joke.