... if you apply the critical thinking skills that you’ve learned here at WPI to an examination of the relevant data, you’ll probably come to the same conclusion as has been reached by the overwhelming majority of scientists who have studied all of these questions in great depth. Indeed, the scientific community is nearly unanimous in assessing that the Earth is warming, and that the only credible explanation for this is rising levels of CO2 from the burning of fossil fuels. That kind of consensus is hard to achieve among scientists except in situations where a conclusion is overwhelmingly supported by evidence.
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The Zombie Economy
... if you apply the critical thinking skills that you’ve learned here at WPI to an examination of the relevant data, you’ll probably come to the same conclusion as has been reached by the overwhelming majority of scientists who have studied all of these questions in great depth. Indeed, the scientific community is nearly unanimous in assessing that the Earth is warming, and that the only credible explanation for this is rising levels of CO2 from the burning of fossil fuels. That kind of consensus is hard to achieve among scientists except in situations where a conclusion is overwhelmingly supported by evidence.
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Wolverine Watchmen: Wannabe X-men vs the Feds
I've been interested in human xenophobia (which I think is instinctive) and race and class warfare since I become politically aware some time in…
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QotD: What is an Intellectual?
An intellectual is someone who's discovered something more interesting than sex. --Aldous Huxley
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QotD: I Think
I think, therefore I am... confused. --Benjamin Hoff in The Tao of Pooh
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