Just found a recommendation that Daniel Kahneman once wrote for me:

'Shane knows about decision theory, economics, psychology -- and fish. He has the kind of luck that Napoleon liked his generals to have. His only major flaw is that he speaks too fast.'

How charmingly... odd.

Suppose (suppose!) that CO2 levels had no effect on global temperatures (and, thus, also, no effects on other climatic consequences rising temps might cause).

If you were 'God' and had a control knob, would you turn CO2 levels Up (higher than 425 ppm) or Down?

Should the nuclear power plants currently in use (which rely on fission) be regarded as form of 'renewable energy' ?

This is not Lincoln's speech. It is my improved (I think) version of his speech. Roughly half as many words. Very few people even notice. (Which was my point.)

Lincoln's Gettysburg address is widely regarded as the 2nd best political speech in American history (behind MLK's 'I have a dream.' speech). Do you agree?

Do you know what 'fast fashion' means?

Steve Miller Class, your project is to craft a university admissions policy that would repudiate the maximum number of ideals that the USA was founded on.

Among married couples, what's your best guess about how often the wife is taller than the husband?

The first three observations of a variable include the three values below (no temporal order implied):

8, 17, 974

What's your best guess about the value of the fourth?

On a four-item test, you've solved the first three, but aren't sure about the last one. If you manage to solve it, your score will increase by...

If solar panels... (a) cost nothing to produce, (b) generated electricity that would otherwise require hydrocarbon combustion & (c) reflected no light, would the massive expansion of solar farms...

Speaking only aesthetically, which LOOKS better?

The correct answer here is also 'C.'

Wisdom of crowds succeeds here (as it often does).

p.s. Specifically $28.57

*Assuming risk neutrality*

The correct answer is 'C.'

(Wisdom of crowds fails here, as it often does.)

p.s. Specifically, $22.22

*Assuming risk neutrality*

From an edited volume on Global Ecology (1971).

Prior display at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., warning of the threat of global cooling (not yet removed, as of April, 2006).

From an essay in Nature (1975), referencing the recent 'flurry of papers' which 'provide further evidence for the belief that the Earth is cooling'

From Earth Day (1970)

Letter sent to President Nixon (Dec. 3, 1972) summarizing the 'main conclusion' of a conference dealing with future changes to the climate attended by 42 of the 'top American and European investigators.'

I'll play the role of 'anyone.'
Source: angusmac.net/2018/11/19/the…