5 Big Lies About Climate Change, And How Researchers Trained A Machine To Spot Them

[BrasSmonkey]

When it comes to climate change, the science is settled. So why does climate misinformation continue to spread online and in our media? And how are the climate deniers’ tactics changing? A pioneering new project has revealed new clues about such false claims and where they come from.

In the study, published by the journal Nature Scientific Reports, researchers identified a wide array of dubious climate claims, then programmed a computer to recognize them. The analysis has exposed the changing face of climate change denial, and details the ways in which powerful interest groups are attempting to delay climate action. Among the findings are new data to show how those spreading climate misinformation have switched over time from science denial—that is, claiming that climate science isn’t reliable—to solutions denial—the claim that solutions to slow or otherwise respond to climate change won’t work.

“One of the most valuable insights from our research was identifying the most prevalent categories of climate misinformation—attacks on the integrity of climate science, and misinformation targeting climate solutions,” said John Cook, a study author and postdoctoral research fellow with the Climate Change Communication Research Hub at Monash University. “This shows the value of using a model to provide an objective, quantitative analysis. My gut instinct was that science myths were much more prevalent than they actually are, when our analysis found they were a relatively small proportion of climate misinformation.”

Looking at climate-related content from 33 prominent climate contrarian blogs and 20 conservative think-tanks produced between 1998 and 2020, the team began by sorting the climate claims into brackets. They ultimately came up with five major themes of climate misinformation, namely: 1) Global warming is not happening; 2) Human-produced greenhouse gases are not causing global warming; 3) Climate impacts are not bad; 4) Climate solutions won’t work; and 5) Climate science or scientists are unreliable.

These five main themes were made up of 27 sub-claims and 49 sub-sub-claims, ranging from the humdrum “scientists are biased” trope to the otherwise true but completely irrelevant “CO2 is a trace gas” rhetorical ploy.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrvett ... 021c7d49f4

[tacnet]

That page says :-

The switch from outright “climate denial” to “solutions denial” likely came about because the scientific evidence for human-caused climate change is now so overwhelming.

So does that mean you now accept that climate change is real ????? Confused

[BrasSmonkey]

That page says :-

The switch from outright “climate denial” to “solutions denial” likely came about because the scientific evidence for human-caused climate change is now so overwhelming.

So does that mean you now accept that climate change is real ????? Confused

that sounds fucking retarded... climate denial??? jeezus go fight for mother earth!!!

[tacnet]

That page says :-

The switch from outright “climate denial” to “solutions denial” likely came about because the scientific evidence for human-caused climate change is now so overwhelming.

So does that mean you now accept that climate change is real ????? Confused

that sounds fucking retarded... climate denial??? jeezus go fight for mother earth!!!

You posted it

[GlennfromLA]

Mentally retarded is not acceptable by every one the term is intellectual disability






Just saying

[TheButcher]

Mentally retarded is not acceptable by every one the term is intellectual disability






Just saying

In high school I had a teacher around 14 years old he would call us a benign cretin or spastic.

[Skinner]

Isn't the earth getting closer to the sun this might explain the warming temperatures.

[tacnet]

Isn't the earth getting closer to the sun this might explain the warming temperatures.

No. The earth's orbit does change (over a period of around 100,000 to 400,000 years) to more of an ellipse but when that happens, it means the earth is closer to the sun for half the year and further away for the other half the year. So you get warm summers and cold winters (or vice versa)

I really dont understand why people try and come up with alternative reasons for climate change instead of accepting the blatantly obvious. The whole world knows what's causing this (194 countries/states signed up to the Paris agreement in 2015)

Scientists have been predicting these kind of weather extremes for years and now its happening. What more proof could you possibly need ????

[HeelMike]

You think we fucked up the atmosphere in 100 years, hard to believe.

[Affman]

So electric cars are going to save the atmosphere?

Yeh right.

[tacnet]

If burning fossil fuels makes no difference to our atmosphere then why is every single car manufacturer in the world making electric cars ????

And if you think its some big conspiracy to make money then you are simply deluding yourself

[HarryXxX]

If burning fossil fuels makes no difference to our atmosphere then why is every single car manufacturer in the world making electric cars ????

And if you think its some big conspiracy to make money then you are simply deluding yourself

Governments across the world have put deadlines for sale of new internal combustion engine cars, that is thew only reason.

[CamLuCy]

Who do you think will impress me a guy driving a Bimmer or Prius

[tacnet]

If burning fossil fuels makes no difference to our atmosphere then why is every single car manufacturer in the world making electric cars ????

And if you think its some big conspiracy to make money then you are simply deluding yourself

Governments across the world have put deadlines for sale of new internal combustion engine cars, that is thew only reason.

Any why have governments all over the world done that ???? Surely they cant all be part of some big conspiracy to make us believe in global warming???

Bearing in mind most governments will make a lot less tax from electric cars than they make from petrol/diesel cars

[pussylover]

Fuck electric cars you think it is practical or safe to sit in your car at 11pm in LA for 30 minutes to charge your car to go 50 miles?

Where will you charge them on the way to Vegas, try sitting on a dark desert highway for an hour see what happens.