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Climate Change: It's Only Human To Exaggerate, But Science Itself Does Not
2014-10-19 07:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Science 2.0: To exaggerate is human, and scientists are human. Exaggeration and the complementary art of simplification are the basic rhetorical tools of human intercourse. So yes, scientists do exaggerate. So do politicians, perhaps even when, as the UKs former environment secretary Owen Paterson did, they claim that climate change forecasts are widely exaggerated. A more pertinent question is: does the way in which scientists and politicians speak publicly lead to wild exaggeration? When both are engaged...
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How to get Republicans to stop using the Im not a scientist dodge
2014-10-17 19:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: In 2012, when Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) was asked by GQ how old the Earth is, he demurred, I`m not a scientist, man. This was not a smooth move. It made him sound like a dumb frat boy. You dont need to be a scientist to know the Earth is roughly 4.54 billion years old, any more than you need to be a scientist to know the Earth is round or it revolves around the sun. All you need to know is what scientists have determined, which Rubio, who sits on the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee,...
Apples Jony Ive says copycat designs are theft and laziness, not flattery
2014-10-10 17:01:16| Extremetech
Jony Ive -- Apple's lead designer who has been designing shiny white products from a shiny white room for the last 15 years -- has stated that when other companies copy Apple's designs, 'I don't see it as flattery... It is theft and it is lazy.' But is Ive right to get worked up? Imitation and design theft are just part of life!
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Maine has seen warmer weather as climate has changed and thats not a good thing
2014-10-08 11:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bangor Daily News: When we look forward to the not-too-distant future, what type of Maine will we see? Maine is unique, a rural state with four distinct seasons, connected by a series of small communities. As much as we are open for business, our states economy and social well-being agriculture, forestry, fishing, and tourism and recreation are inextricably linked, and absolutely dependent on the environment. Climate is an integral part of Maines environmental and economic vitality. But, driven by heat-trapping...
Bank Liquidity: Think About It Now, Not In Crisis
2014-10-06 00:23:50| Paper - Topix.net
Word that U.S. banking regulators are planning to force the biggest banks to carry yet more capital - more than agreed upon by international regulators - was great news for those already invested in the highest-quality bank stocks, namely Wells Fargo . The new capital action is tied to bank liquidity, specifically to how reliant the biggest banks are on short-term funding acquired from wholesale sources, rather than deposits taken from customers.
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