Daniel Kahneman “I placed too much faith in underpowered studies”

Re:Daniel Kahneman “I placed too much faith in underpowered ... by icelancer on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @05:33PM (#15233026)

No, this is an argument about being skeptical about climate change effects, which is good. There are a lot of people weaponizing climate change to affect their careers in a positive way by jumping on the bandwagon.

(And yes, it is my opinion that climate change is absolutely happening. Does not mean that we can't be skeptical of the effect sizes cited.)

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Re:Daniel Kahneman “I placed too much faith in underpowered ... by lotsoflumens on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @07:24PM (#15233966)

I just love it that everyone is saying things like:

"And yes, it is my opinion that climate change is absolutely happening" .

The level of fear in stating simple opinions has gone to 11.

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Re:Daniel Kahneman “I placed too much faith in underpowered ... by icelancer on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @09:09PM (#15234637)

I know. Unfortunately, as you have alluded to, if I don't say that, I'll be accused of being a climate change denier by somebody.

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Re:Daniel Kahneman “I placed too much faith in underpowered ... by averagewall on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @04:19AM (#15236451)

But what's wrong with that? People don't mind being called a cognitive priming denier or whatever. Treating it like an insult adds power to its effect.

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Re:Daniel Kahneman “I placed too much faith in underpowered ... by tertius on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @04:13PM (#15242152)

It's not how one treats it, it's how one is treated when this insult is used.

No possible discussion follows. All opinions, however tame, are outcast.

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