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J Scott Hill

Michael Shermer: What Is Skepticism, Anyway? - 0 views

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science skepticism ted

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  • Consider global warming: Are you a global warming skeptic? Or are you skeptical of the global warming skeptics? In this case, I used to be a global warming skeptic, but now I'm skeptical of the global warming skeptics, which makes me a global warming believer based on the facts as I understand them at the moment. The "at the moment" part is what makes conclusions in science and skepticism provisional.
  • Thus, science and skepticism are synonymous, and in both cases it's okay to change your mind if the evidence changes. It all comes down to this question: What are the facts in support or against a particular claim?
  • Being a skeptic just means being rational and empirical: thinking and seeing before believing.
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  • Skepticism is not "seek and ye shall find," but "seek and keep an open mind."
  • Skepticism is the rigorous application of science and reason to test the validity of any and all claims.
  • Typically pseudoscientists will make statements that are unverified, or verified by a source within their own belief circle.
  • J Scott Hill on 02 Feb 13
     
    This Article highlights the connection between skepticism, science, and belief.  This dovetails with our discussion of paradigm shifts and how scientific results gain credibility through the peer review process where the data and methods are scrutinized along with the truth claims by qualified peers.
J Scott Hill

It's Lose-Lose vs. Win-Win-Win-Win-Win - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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  • Writing in this newspaper in support of a carbon tax back in 2007, N. Gregory Mankiw, the Harvard economist, who was a senior adviser to President George W. Bush and to Mitt Romney, argued that “the idea of using taxes to fix problems, rather than merely raise government revenue, has a long history.
  • Using a Pigovian tax to address global warming is also an old idea. It was proposed as far back as 1992 by Martin S. Feldstein on the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal.
  • he federal deficit could be reduced by approximately $1.25 trillion over 10 years” — roughly what we are trying to do through the foolish sequester. Such a tax would add about 21 cents per gallon of gasoline and about 1.2 cents per kilowatt-hour of electricity. It could be phased in gradually as the economy improves.
J Scott Hill

Humanosphere | News and analysis of global health and the fight against poverty - 2 views

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Bangladesh garment factory

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  • J Scott Hill on 25 Apr 13
     
    "umi Abedin was making 18 cents an hour as a seamstress, putting together garments for Sean "P Diddy" Combs' clothing line (known as Sean John Clothing) when the factory she worked in located outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, began burning. "The door was locked and we couldn't get out," Abedin said, speaking through translator and Bangladeshi labor activist Kalpona Akter. She ended up having to leap from a three-story window, breaking an arm and a leg - and feeling lucky to have survived. More than a hundred did not."
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