Descarte's Error: I emote therefore I am.
April 27, 2011 3:04 PM Subscribe
The Science of Why We Don't Believe Science. How our brains fool us on climate, creationism, and the vaccine-autism link.
This post was deleted for the following reason: I am a post denialist, personally. -- cortex
The human brain looks for patterns. Doubles, triples, etc.
posted by found missing at 3:06 PM on April 27, 2011 [6 favorites]
posted by found missing at 3:06 PM on April 27, 2011 [6 favorites]
Are you trying to tell me that vaccines don't create climate?
posted by perhapses at 3:09 PM on April 27, 2011
posted by perhapses at 3:09 PM on April 27, 2011
oh, the irony of a double, "double" post
posted by DavidandConquer at 3:14 PM on April 27, 2011
posted by DavidandConquer at 3:14 PM on April 27, 2011
oh, the irony of a double, "double" post
posted by finite at 3:16 PM on April 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by finite at 3:16 PM on April 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
If everybody claps their hands and shouts "I believe!" - maybe we can bring this thread back to life!
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 3:16 PM on April 27, 2011
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 3:16 PM on April 27, 2011
damn.
posted by lazaruslong at 3:17 PM on April 27, 2011
posted by lazaruslong at 3:17 PM on April 27, 2011
Now I question everything I believe in, but I'm still fairly certain you are wrong.
posted by finite at 3:17 PM on April 27, 2011
posted by finite at 3:17 PM on April 27, 2011
slightly different urls. weird.
posted by lazaruslong at 3:18 PM on April 27, 2011
posted by lazaruslong at 3:18 PM on April 27, 2011
(I was going to make a comment to that effect in the original thread but cjorgensen did it first, so now I've stolen his.)
posted by finite at 3:18 PM on April 27, 2011
posted by finite at 3:18 PM on April 27, 2011
You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 3:19 PM on April 27, 2011
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 3:19 PM on April 27, 2011
Don't blame me.
posted by brain_drain at 3:21 PM on April 27, 2011
posted by brain_drain at 3:21 PM on April 27, 2011
Oh, I blame you. I BLAME YOU!
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 3:22 PM on April 27, 2011
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 3:22 PM on April 27, 2011
For what?
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 3:23 PM on April 27, 2011
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 3:23 PM on April 27, 2011
This thread is not tracking the location of your iPhone. This thread has never done so and has no plans to ever do so.
posted by finite at 3:24 PM on April 27, 2011
posted by finite at 3:24 PM on April 27, 2011
Users are confused, partly because the creators of this new technology (including this thread) have not provided enough education about these issues to date.
This thread is not logging your location. Rather, it’s maintaining a database of Wi-Fi hotspots and cell towers around your current location, some of which may be located more than one hundred miles away
posted by finite at 3:26 PM on April 27, 2011
This thread is not logging your location. Rather, it’s maintaining a database of Wi-Fi hotspots and cell towers around your current location, some of which may be located more than one hundred miles away
posted by finite at 3:26 PM on April 27, 2011
This thread is inside your head.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 3:27 PM on April 27, 2011
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 3:27 PM on April 27, 2011
Well, I bet they say that the Commission didn't have any proof of it but I guess we still can have our opinions and feel that way even though they say that.
posted by finite at 3:28 PM on April 27, 2011
posted by finite at 3:28 PM on April 27, 2011
if you meet this thread on the road, kill it
posted by found missing at 3:28 PM on April 27, 2011
posted by found missing at 3:28 PM on April 27, 2011
What if we don't believe in the science of why we don't believe in science? I can't believe we can't just talk about that!
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 3:29 PM on April 27, 2011
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 3:29 PM on April 27, 2011
IRFH, if you doubt the science of the article, your reasoning is obviously suffused with emotion (or what researchers often call "affect").
posted by finite at 3:31 PM on April 27, 2011
posted by finite at 3:31 PM on April 27, 2011
My reasoning is suffused with cheesy apricot danish.
posted by elizardbits at 3:32 PM on April 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by elizardbits at 3:32 PM on April 27, 2011 [1 favorite]
I never effect affect! On reflection, if I ever did, in fact, effect affect, that would be fucked. But, no. I never effect affect!
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 3:37 PM on April 27, 2011
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 3:37 PM on April 27, 2011
AFLACK!
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 3:37 PM on April 27, 2011
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 3:37 PM on April 27, 2011
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