Archive for June, 2012

Avoiding Arguments

Saturday, June 9th, 2012

Nature Climate Change has an article on ‘The polarizing impact of science literacy and numeracy on perceived climate change risks’ (NCC, 27 May 2012) written by a vast team of concerned scientists (Dan M. Kahan, Ellen Peters, Maggie Wittlin, Paul Slovic, Lisa Larrimore Ouellette, Donald Braman & Gregory ...

Groups

Saturday, June 9th, 2012

Group Definition The typical definition of a social group includes some combination of the following characteristics or characteristics that are equivalent to these: Two or more people Direct interaction amongst the members Members are aware of their membership Members share an interest or a cause There is an organizational structure Insofar as membership of the group ...