Comments on: Are we listening? http://www.kirstensanford.com/2009/05/27/are-we-listening/ The world according to a hula hooping, TKD black-belt wearing, radio show producing physiologist with aspirations to science journalism Sat, 11 Sep 2010 02:55:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Tom Zinnen http://www.kirstensanford.com/2009/05/27/are-we-listening/#comment-7656 Tom Zinnen Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:21:14 +0000 http://www.kirstensanford.com/2009/05/27/are-we-listening/#comment-7656 Great juxtaposition. We'll get farther in sharing science with the public when we ask "Are We Listening to Them?" just as often as we ask "Are They Listening to Us?" Can you confirm for me the authorship of the poem "Are We Listening?" I'm assuming the author is you (Kirsten Sanford) but I want to make sure it's not from Liza Gross. I didn't see the poem at the PLOS article. Thanks! Great juxtaposition. We’ll get farther in sharing science with the public when we ask “Are We Listening to Them?” just as often as we ask “Are They Listening to Us?”

Can you confirm for me the authorship of the poem “Are We Listening?”

I’m assuming the author is you (Kirsten Sanford) but I want to make sure it’s not from Liza Gross. I didn’t see the poem at the PLOS article.

Thanks!

]]> By: wagdog http://www.kirstensanford.com/2009/05/27/are-we-listening/#comment-7644 wagdog Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:45:44 +0000 http://www.kirstensanford.com/2009/05/27/are-we-listening/#comment-7644 > We really need to understand why people such as Jenny McCarthy believe their strange, science-denialism. Nothing strange about it. Reading through the article it is easy to see all the psychological forces and statistical quirks at play: survivor bias, selection bias, confirmation bias, correspondent inference, escalation of commitment, appeal to authority, groupthink, likeability bias, availability heuristic, and representativeness heuristic. Similar forces and more are at play in global warming denialism. > We really need to understand why people such as Jenny McCarthy believe their strange, science-denialism.

Nothing strange about it. Reading through the article it is easy to see all the psychological forces and statistical quirks at play: survivor bias, selection bias, confirmation bias, correspondent inference, escalation of commitment, appeal to authority, groupthink, likeability bias, availability heuristic, and representativeness heuristic.

Similar forces and more are at play in global warming denialism.

]]> By: SteveN http://www.kirstensanford.com/2009/05/27/are-we-listening/#comment-7441 SteveN Thu, 28 May 2009 23:54:53 +0000 http://www.kirstensanford.com/2009/05/27/are-we-listening/#comment-7441 I enjoyed that as well. We really need to understand why people such as Jenny McCarthy believe their strange, science-denialism. I enjoyed that as well. We really need to understand why people such as Jenny McCarthy believe their strange, science-denialism.

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