Climate Change and Conventional Wisdom

[cthulu2016]

It takes a second or two to get this chart. There is no time axis. It is an attempt to represent the various current predictions of effect and how seriously each range of predicted effect is taken, with most of scientifically informed opinion being excluded from the public discussion as "obviously" unreasonable... despite being the view of many the most informed persons.





‘Hug The Monster’: Why So Many Climate Scientists Have Stopped Downplaying the Climate Threat

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/05/07/478984/hug-the-monster-why-so-many-climate-scientists-have-stopped-downplaying-the-climate-threat/

[patrice]

1. K&R for awesome research!!!

[Uncle Joe]

2. "Hug the monster"

“Hug the monster” is a metaphor taught by U.S. Air Force trainers to those headed into harm’s way.

The monster is your fear in a sudden crisis — as when you find yourself trapped in a downed plane or a burning house.

If you freeze or panic — if you go into merely reactive “brainlock” — you’re lost.

But if your mind has been prepared in advance to recognize the psychological grip of fear, focus on it, and then transform its intense energy into action — sometimes even by changing it into anger — and by also engaging the thinking part of your brain to work the problem, your chances of survival go way up.

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This is a good analysis.

Thanks for the thread, cthulu.