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Blog Entries by David Ropeik from 08/2011

Cool Dudes, Hot Temps; The Argument Over Climate Change Is Not About the Facts

| Posted 08.03.2011 | Green
Read More: Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Change Gop, Climate Change Conservatives, Green News

What do Rush Limbaugh and John Boehner have in common? Several things. Probably the only thing you might not call these people is "Cool dudes," But that is precisely the label they are given in the title of a new study.

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Statistical Numbing: Why Millions Can Die, and We Don't Care

| Posted 08.15.2011 | World
Read More: Starvation, Africa, Famine, Somalia, Statistics, Horn of Africa Drought, Somalia Famine, Understanding Statistics, Horn of Africa Famine, Somalia Drought, Hunger, World News

The profound and sobering truth is that our perceptions are an inextricable blend of reason and subjective emotion. One death will always move us more than one million.

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