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  1. Comment on A Grave Climate Warning, Buried on Black Friday in ~enviro

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    Ok. So who do you trust? Seriously. Is there any scientific authority whose evidence you will consider? Why do you trust that source? I’m truly interested in your answer to this. Climate change...

    Ok. So who do you trust? Seriously. Is there any scientific authority whose evidence you will consider? Why do you trust that source?

    I’m truly interested in your answer to this. Climate change shouldn’t be a left/right issue at all. Climate change doesn’t give a crap what you or I believe. The effects will be felt by everyone, political ideology be damned.

    So how do we have this conversation?

    1 vote

  2. Comment on At Yale, we conducted an experiment to turn conservatives into liberals. The results say a lot about our political divisions. in ~science

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    Is it really a matter of just changing the phrasing? We already know that people are easily swayed by the language used to describe various political talking points: ObamaCare versus ACA,...

    Is it really a matter of just changing the phrasing? We already know that people are easily swayed by the language used to describe various political talking points: ObamaCare versus ACA, assistance versus entitlement, illegal versus undocumented.

  3. Comment on At Yale, we conducted an experiment to turn conservatives into liberals. The results say a lot about our political divisions. in ~science

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    That right there, the potential to change, is what I found most intriguing about this article. I’m a college instructor. I also know that the more education one receives, the more progressive one...

    That right there, the potential to change, is what I found most intriguing about this article.

    I’m a college instructor. I also know that the more education one receives, the more progressive one generally becomes. I’m always absolutely fascinated by watching my students navigate this process. I’ve made some personal observations about what seems to “unlock” students enough to truly consider alternative views and I don’t think I ever really put the word “safety” on my list. As I think on it a bit though, it makes perfect sense.

    I purposefully create an environment in my classes where students understand that I absolutely expect them to bring their worldviews to the table. I don’t shy from any subject and I teach them how to conduct civilized discourse. I live in a conservative state so a lot of the general discourse leans that way... at first.

    As the students begin to trust me and understand that they are safe in our space regardless of their opinions or how awkwardly they express them, they just mentally... unfurl? Once that happens, I get to step back and just watch. It’s like someone introduced a patch and they’re rebooting.

    Anyway, this article was a wonderful read and has given me a lot to think about.

    4 votes

  4. Comment on General Tildes feedback/questions, primarily around becoming publicly-visible soon (but still invite-only) in ~tildes.official

    Rayven
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    I had to manually type in my invite code because my idiotic Reddit app doesn’t let me copy in messages. I definitely agree that someone who feels burdened by a simple copy and paste is likely not...

    I had to manually type in my invite code because my idiotic Reddit app doesn’t let me copy in messages. I definitely agree that someone who feels burdened by a simple copy and paste is likely not going to be a contributor, but there are potentially other reasons why the copy/paste method is cumbersome.
    Obviously, I’m here so I was not personally deterred. I have no idea how many other people would be affected by such a thing.

    6 votes