tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post684151729441964813..comments2023-09-28T08:13:11.489-07:00Comments on Only In It For The Gold: How Propaganda Works and How It FailsMichael Tobishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-10152193156648695852007-09-10T16:49:00.000-07:002007-09-10T16:49:00.000-07:00Fergus: the problem is compounded by supplying Bri...Fergus: the problem is compounded by supplying British humour to us Americans and American humor to Brits...<BR/><BR/>Actually, calm rebuttal (on the part of some) and ridicule (on the part of others) seems a good strategy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-50989633429759465882007-09-06T08:04:00.000-07:002007-09-06T08:04:00.000-07:00The only problem I can see with the ridicule appro...The only problem I can see with the ridicule approach is that it requires a reader to identify the humour, which isn't always that easy. Sarcasm is a tricky tool to use on the web. Satire seems to be the order of the day. If I knew how, I've got a great idea for a youtube piece by a member of the aristocracy, demonstrating that by virtue of birth he is innately superior and therefore knows more than any expert (who is, after all, by definition, no better than middle-class).<BR/><BR/>Now, where's that joke book...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986271841074352598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-78567504021047833422007-09-05T20:22:00.000-07:002007-09-05T20:22:00.000-07:00I meant ignore them on blog comment pages. Obviou...I meant ignore them on blog comment pages. Obviously you can't let denialist messages that get wide coverage in large papers or news stations go uncorrected.<BR/><BR/>(I was going to blog about this article too.)Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10375007307125560799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-32727265704514346292007-09-05T15:51:00.000-07:002007-09-05T15:51:00.000-07:00Hey, I googled images with "look it up" in the nam...Hey, I googled images with "look it up" in the name and found some doozies. Among them this gem:<BR/><BR/>http://www.mersenneforum.org/images/smilies/extra/google.gifAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-30188385060846992772007-09-05T14:53:00.000-07:002007-09-05T14:53:00.000-07:00Steve, I second your flog.Sterman and Sweeney is p...Steve, I second your flog.<BR/><BR/>Sterman and Sweeney is pretty core to how I think about the whole problem.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure it makes sense to ridicule the muddled intuition people tend to show up with, though.Michael Tobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-69507025538494994382007-09-05T14:47:00.000-07:002007-09-05T14:47:00.000-07:00I keep flogging this depressing study: Understand...I keep flogging this depressing <A HREF="http://web.mit.edu/jsterman/www/Understanding_public.html" REL="nofollow">study</A>: <I>Understanding Public Complacency About Climate Change: Adults' mental models of climate change violate conservation of matter</I>. I think it could come in useful in the context of ridicule since so many denialists believe they have a superior grasp of science.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com