#climatecognition — Public Fediverse posts

For nearly two decades Skeptical Science has been publishing rebuttals to #ClimateMyths, always following best understanding of how to honestly and most effectively communicate facts in an environment crowded with confusing misinformation.

Undoing harm caused to a human intellect isn't easy. Is Skeptical Science doing any good with this effort?

Having concluded a multi-year experiment with the cooperation of our readers, now we have some information on "how are we doing?". By formal assessment it appears we're not wasting our time.

You can see our results in our freshly published paper. Visit the link to read all about it.

Full disclosure: we're also asking for help with our publication fee (European Geosciences Union journals are 100% open-access but that does not mean they magically have no operational expenses).

#ClimateCognition

https://skepticalscience.com/published-research-experiment-paper.html

For nearly two decades Skeptical Science has been publishing rebuttals to #ClimateMyths, always following best understanding of how to honestly and most effectively communicate facts in an environment crowded with confusing misinformation.

Undoing harm caused to a human intellect isn't easy. Is Skeptical Science doing any good with this effort?

Having concluded a multi-year experiment with the cooperation of our readers, now we have some information on "how are we doing?". By formal assessment it appears we're not wasting our time.

You can see our results in our freshly published paper. Visit the link to read all about it.

Full disclosure: we're also asking for help with our publication fee (European Geosciences Union journals are 100% open-access but that does not mean they magically have no operational expenses).

#ClimateCognition

https://skepticalscience.com/published-research-experiment-paper.html

For 10 years (!) our invaluable volunteer @BaerbelW has authored an annual review of Skeptical Science's accomplishments in connection with fixing our #ClimateChange problem- by building better #ClimateCognition.

Here's Bärbel's recap of 2024, narrating a year including numerous research papers published, collaborations cemented, conference presentations delivered, #DebunkingResource translations completed, infrastructure projects progressed.

And a truly shocking loss.

https://skepticalscience.com/2024-SkS-Review.html?utm-source=mastodon&utm-campaign=socialnetworks&utm-term=sks

For 10 years (!) our invaluable volunteer @BaerbelW has authored an annual review of Skeptical Science's accomplishments in connection with fixing our #ClimateChange problem- by building better #ClimateCognition.

Here's Bärbel's recap of 2024, narrating a year including numerous research papers published, collaborations cemented, conference presentations delivered, #DebunkingResource translations completed, infrastructure projects progressed.

And a truly shocking loss.

https://skepticalscience.com/2024-SkS-Review.html?utm-source=mastodon&utm-campaign=socialnetworks&utm-term=sks

Paper just published:

"Until now, science has held a seemingly unrivalled primacy in the public discussion of the subject (Sarewitz 2011, p. 479)."

Now is not 13 years ago.

Anyway, there's much of interest here all the same despite the halting start [also despite no actual technical orchestration revealed therein].

#ClimateScienceCommunications
#ClimatePolicyFormulation
#ClimateCognition

http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10584-024-03697-3

Paper just published:

"Until now, science has held a seemingly unrivalled primacy in the public discussion of the subject (Sarewitz 2011, p. 479)."

Now is not 13 years ago.

Anyway, there's much of interest here all the same despite the halting start [also despite no actual technical orchestration revealed therein].

#ClimateScienceCommunications
#ClimatePolicyFormulation
#ClimateCognition

http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10584-024-03697-3

When climate denial means "too scared to think about it."

If you'd like to see a case study of motivated reasoning pushed into the role of prayers, you could do worse than reading this article about a BC, Canada ski resort operator staring exitnction in the face and thinking his way to a happy outcome. His conclusions are founded on major talking points found in professional denier output. Incantation may be imported.

#ClimateCognition
#HopeIsNotAPlan

https://macleans.ca/society/environment/ski-hill-closure-bc/

When climate denial means "too scared to think about it."

If you'd like to see a case study of motivated reasoning pushed into the role of prayers, you could do worse than reading this article about a BC, Canada ski resort operator staring exitnction in the face and thinking his way to a happy outcome. His conclusions are founded on major talking points found in professional denier output. Incantation may be imported.

#ClimateCognition
#HopeIsNotAPlan

https://macleans.ca/society/environment/ski-hill-closure-bc/

Truth hurts?

"We found a substantively worse user experience among the opinion minority groups (e.g., climate deniers, racists) and the education minority groups; however, these groups changed attitudes toward supporting BLM and climate change efforts much more compared to other social groups after the chat."

#ClimateCognition

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-51969-w

Truth hurts?

"We found a substantively worse user experience among the opinion minority groups (e.g., climate deniers, racists) and the education minority groups; however, these groups changed attitudes toward supporting BLM and climate change efforts much more compared to other social groups after the chat."

#ClimateCognition

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-51969-w

#ScientificConsensus with Dr John Cook

Misconceptions about consensus in science abound (and are sometimes encouraged). It it a popularity contest? Mindless conformity? If not those, what? To answer these and many other questions, Melanie Trecek-King - who runs the "Thinking is Power" website - talked with John Cook about the scientific consensus in general and about his study finding 97% consensus about human-cased climate change in particular.

#ClimateCognition
https://skepticalscience.com/conversation-about-the-scientific-consensus.html?utm-source=mastodon&utm-campaign=socialnetworks&utm-term=sks

#ScientificConsensus with Dr John Cook

Misconceptions about consensus in science abound (and are sometimes encouraged). It it a popularity contest? Mindless conformity? If not those, what? To answer these and many other questions, Melanie Trecek-King - who runs the "Thinking is Power" website - talked with John Cook about the scientific consensus in general and about his study finding 97% consensus about human-cased climate change in particular.

#ClimateCognition
https://skepticalscience.com/conversation-about-the-scientific-consensus.html?utm-source=mastodon&utm-campaign=socialnetworks&utm-term=sks

"Beyond retrospectively examining to what extent extreme weather events influence climate change opinion and behaviors, environmental communicators could play a more direct role in facilitating learning and action among the public in the wake of extreme events."

And how will they do that? These researchers help us to understand.

Then we need to remember to operationalize our better understanding. Pay attention.

#ClimateCognition
#ClimateCommunication
#OpenAccess

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17524032.2023.2259623?af=R

"Beyond retrospectively examining to what extent extreme weather events influence climate change opinion and behaviors, environmental communicators could play a more direct role in facilitating learning and action among the public in the wake of extreme events."

And how will they do that? These researchers help us to understand.

Then we need to remember to operationalize our better understanding. Pay attention.

#ClimateCognition
#ClimateCommunication
#OpenAccess

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17524032.2023.2259623?af=R

Public attention is very limited. Use it wisely.

"...we redesigned graphs from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) and compared participant attention and perceptions...Here, we demonstrate our robust graph redesign process and the associated impacts on participants’ perceptions of graph usability, graph and scientist credibility, and risk associated with climate change."

#ClimateCommunications
#ClimateCognition
#GSA

https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geosphere/article/doi/10.1130/GES02517.1/628200/Seeing-is-believing-Climate-change-graph-design

Public attention is very limited. Use it wisely.

"...we redesigned graphs from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) and compared participant attention and perceptions...Here, we demonstrate our robust graph redesign process and the associated impacts on participants’ perceptions of graph usability, graph and scientist credibility, and risk associated with climate change."

#ClimateCommunications
#ClimateCognition
#GSA

https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geosphere/article/doi/10.1130/GES02517.1/628200/Seeing-is-believing-Climate-change-graph-design

"A national climate security discourse could emphasise military uses of AI and its role in propaganda and misinformation. The international security discourse suggests that international organisations can take advantage of AI to conduct their mission. However, transnational companies can also benefit from AI, with potential negative outcomes on consumption and resource extraction."

#ClimateCognition
#ClimateChange
#SyntheticBunk
#OpenAccess

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877343522001026?dgcid=rss_sd_all

"A national climate security discourse could emphasise military uses of AI and its role in propaganda and misinformation. The international security discourse suggests that international organisations can take advantage of AI to conduct their mission. However, transnational companies can also benefit from AI, with potential negative outcomes on consumption and resource extraction."

#ClimateCognition
#ClimateChange
#SyntheticBunk
#OpenAccess

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877343522001026?dgcid=rss_sd_all

"A national climate security discourse could emphasise military uses of AI and its role in propaganda and misinformation. The international security discourse suggests that international organisations can take advantage of AI to conduct their mission. However, transnational companies can also benefit from AI, with potential negative outcomes on consumption and resource extraction."

#ClimateCognition
#ClimateChange
#SyntheticBunk
#OpenAccess

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877343522001026?dgcid=rss_sd_all

"A national climate security discourse could emphasise military uses of AI and its role in propaganda and misinformation. The international security discourse suggests that international organisations can take advantage of AI to conduct their mission. However, transnational companies can also benefit from AI, with potential negative outcomes on consumption and resource extraction."

#ClimateCognition
#ClimateChange
#SyntheticBunk
#OpenAccess

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877343522001026?dgcid=rss_sd_all

"A national climate security discourse could emphasise military uses of AI and its role in propaganda and misinformation. The international security discourse suggests that international organisations can take advantage of AI to conduct their mission. However, transnational companies can also benefit from AI, with potential negative outcomes on consumption and resource extraction."

#ClimateCognition
#ClimateChange
#SyntheticBunk
#OpenAccess

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877343522001026?dgcid=rss_sd_all