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Dan Kahan

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Name: Dan Kahan

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

The 97% Consensus -- A Lie of Epic Proportions

To John Cook: It isn't 'hate', it's pity -- pity for having such a weak argument you are forced to fabricate conclusions of epic proportions.Proving that crap can flow uphill, yesterday, John Cook got what one could consider the ultimate endorsement. ... [Published The Patriot Post - May 17 2013]

Entities: Global Warming/Climate Change, John Cook, Dan Kahan, Anthropogenic

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Yale Law School

Scientists agree on climate change. So why doesn’t everyone else?

This might be the least surprising finding of the week: Since 1991, roughly 97 percent of all published scientific papers that take a position on the question agree that humans are warming the planet. A source of contention. (Charlie Riedel/Associated ... [Published Ezra Klein - May 18 2013]

Entities: Global Warming/Climate Change, Dan Kahan, John Cook, David Roberts, Yale Law School

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

If We Could Fix Climate Change With a Flick of a Switch, Would It be More Palatable to Conservatives?

Written by Jason MarkAs the consequences of climate change become increasingly obvious (you know, floods, fires, and droughts), its becoming more and more difficult for conservatives to dismiss global warming out-of-hand. Yes, the folks at The Heartland ... [Published Care2 - May 10 2013]

Entities: Global Warming/Climate Change, Dan Kahan, Greenhouse Gas, Jason Mark, Carbon Dioxide

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Seven faculty members elected to AAAS

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences elected seven members from the Yale faculty, including President-elect Peter Salovey, to the 2013 group of new members.The academy is a policy research center devoted to the cross-disciplinary study of various ... [Published Yale Daily News - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Peter Salovey, Michael Warner, Dan Kahan

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

Why the Bias of the Gosnell Trial Goes Beyond the Media

Karen Swallow Prior is professor of English at Liberty University. She is the author of Booked: Literature in the Soul of Me and a contributing writer for Christianity Today.Yes, the media blackout teaches us something about bias—but not what you might ... [Published Relevant Magazine - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Abortion, Tribe, Kermit Gosnell, Pro-Choice

First reported Apr 14 2013 - Updated Apr 14 2013 - 1 reports

Are Conspiracy Theorists More Likely to Deny Climate Change? Here's Why I Don't Care

Is denial of climate change a fringe belief, like thinking the moon landing was fake? Or is it just one current of thought in our society, which deserves respectful engagement, like, oh, atheism, or being pro-life? The question is important. If a belief ... [Published Big Think - Apr 14 2013]

Entities: Global Warming/Climate Change, Gary Marcus, Climate, Conspiracy

First reported Apr 14 2013 - Updated Apr 14 2013 - 2 reports

How to point out scientific errors when the atmosphere is poisoned

Home » Blogs » Dan Kahan on effective science rejoinders in culturally motivated debates:"Amplifying that signal [charged, culturally evocative denunciations], is the one clear mistake for any communicator who wants to promote constructive engagement ... [Published BioPortfolio - Apr 14 2013]

Entities: Poison, Atmosphere, Climate, Dan Kahan

First reported Mar 21 2013 - Updated Mar 21 2013 - 1 reports

Red brain, blue brain: Does political affiliation reflect intelligence?

By Ronald BaileyPeople use reason to convince themselves, even in the face of evidence to the contrary, that their side is right and the other side is wrong. That's the conclusion of a new study by the Yale Cultural Cognition Project, an academic group ... [Published Charlottesville Hook - Mar 21 2013]

Entities: Dan Kahan, hypothesis, Global Warming/Climate Change, Ronald Bailey

First reported Mar 15 2013 - Updated Mar 16 2013 - 1 reports

Why Do People Believe Scientifically Untrue Things?

You hear a lot about the politicization of science, but the realproblem is the moralization of science. The New YorkUniversity psychologist Jonathan Haidt has made a compellingcase that moral differences drive partisan debates overscientific issues. Dan ... [Published REASON Online - Mar 15 2013]

Entities: Republican Party (US), Chris Mooney, Organic, Hydraulic Fracturing, Chemical

First reported Mar 15 2013 - Updated Mar 16 2013 - 3 reports

The Morality Trap: Why Do People Believe Scientifically Untrue Things?

Ron Bailey: Because to do otherwise would be immoralYou hear a lot about the politicization of science, but the real problem is the moralization of science. The New York University psychologist Jonathan Haidt has made a compelling case that moral ... [Published GMO Pundit a.k.a. David Tribe - Mar 16 2013]

Entities: Dan Kahan, Morality, Jonathan Haidt

First reported Jan 06 2013 - Updated Jan 06 2013 - 1 reports

Guns and Drugs: We Can Curb Gun Violence by Ending the War on Drugs

. When a hail of bullets extinguished dozens of lives at an elementary school last month, the ugly consequences of the nation’s gun culture shot into the media spotlight. The debate around gun control in the aftermath of Newtown has yielded confused ... [Published Firedoglake - Jan 06 2013]

Entities: Dan Kahan, Drugs, Gun Violence

First reported Dec 01 2012 - Updated Dec 01 2012 - 1 reports

Ideology, Motivated Reasoning, and Cognitive Reflection: An Experimental Study

That is a new paper by Dan M. Kahan, at Yale Law School, and it has to do with what I call “mood affiliation”: Social psychologists have identified various plausible sources of ideological polarization over climate change, gun violence, national ... [Published Marginal Revolution - Dec 01 2012]

Entities: Dan Kahan, Informatics, Yale Law School, Gun Violence

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Scientists agree on climate change. So why does... [Published Ezra Klein - May 18 2013]
The 97% Consensus -- A Lie of Epic Proportions [Published The Patriot Post - May 17 2013]
If We Could Fix Climate Change With a Flick of ... [Published Care2 - May 10 2013]
Seven faculty members elected to AAAS [Published Yale Daily News - Apr 30 2013]
Stephanos Bibas , "Criminal (In)Justice and De... [Published Harvard Law Review - Apr 20 2013]
Why the Bias of the Gosnell Trial Goes Beyond t... [Published Relevant Magazine - Apr 17 2013]
Are Conspiracy Theorists More Likely to Deny Cl... [Published Big Think - Apr 14 2013]
How to point out scientific errors when the atm... [Published BioPortfolio - Apr 14 2013]
How to point out scientific errors when the atm... [Published GMO Pundit a.k.a. David Tribe - Apr 14 2013]
Red brain, blue brain: Does political affiliati... [Published Charlottesville Hook - Mar 21 2013]
The Morality Trap: Why Do People Believe Scient... [Published GMO Pundit a.k.a. David Tribe - Mar 16 2013]
Why Do People Believe Scientifically Untrue Thi... [Published REASON Online - Mar 15 2013]
Ronald Bailey: Why Do People Believe Scientific... [Published REASON Online - Mar 15 2013]
Ronald Bailey: Why Do People Believe Scientific... [Published Hit & Run - Mar 15 2013]
Climate-proofing cities: Not something conserva... [Published Grist - the Latest from Grist - Jan 09 2013]
Another Week of GW News, January 6, 2013 [A Few... [Published ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - Jan 07 2013]
Guns and Drugs: We Can Curb Gun Violence by End... [Published Firedoglake - Jan 06 2013]
Cannabis and alcohol (reprise) [Published The Reality-Based Community - Dec 27 2012]
Duhhhh… [Published The Reality-Based Community - Dec 23 2012]
How to Lower Gun Homicides [Published Cato @ Liberty - Dec 21 2012]
What science says about gun control and violent... [Published Boing Boing - Dec 14 2012]
The weekly papers [Published Free exchange - Dec 05 2012]
Are Independents More Immune to Bias Than Liber... [Published Freakonomics - Dec 03 2012]
Ideology, Motivated Reasoning, and Cognitive Re... [Published Marginal Revolution - Dec 01 2012]

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Scientists agree on climate change. So why does... [Published Ezra Klein - May 18 2013] This might be the least surprising finding of the week: Since 1991, roughly 97 percent of all published scientific papers that take a position on the question agree that humans are warming the planet. A source of contention. (Charlie Riedel/Associated ...
How to point out scientific errors when the atm... [Published GMO Pundit a.k.a. David Tribe - Apr 14 2013] !--[if gte mso 9]>0 0 1 560 3195 David Tribe 26 7 3748 14.0<![endif]--> !--[if gte mso 9]><![endif]-->Dan Kahan on effective science rejoinders in culturally motivated debates : "Amplifying that signal [charged, culturally ...
The Morality Trap: Why Do People Believe Scient... [Published GMO Pundit a.k.a. David Tribe - Mar 16 2013] Ron Bailey: Because to do otherwise would be immoralYou hear a lot about the politicization of science, but the real problem is the moralization of science. The New York University psychologist Jonathan Haidt has made a compelling case that moral ...
Ronald Bailey: Why Do People Believe Scientific... [Published Hit & Run - Mar 15 2013] <p><img alt="Science fights - Dreamstime image " height="150" src="http://reason.com/assets/db/13633712857778.jpg" title="\|\|\|Dreamstime image " width="200" style="float: right;"/>Youhear a lot about the politicization of science, but the realproblem ...
Climate-proofing cities: Not something conserva... [Published Grist - the Latest from Grist - Jan 09 2013] Taily The notion of preparing cities for climate disruption is somewhat novel, though of course cities have always been built to adapt to natural conditions. What’s new is that almost all cities must now plan for changes in the natural conditions they ...