It’s funny how definitive some of those news headlines were, when they so badly misinterpreted the report. One would think that authors and editors would really want to make sure their information is correct before posting such a bold article.
I also thought the point about cosmic rays and cloud types was especially interesting – that high-altitude clouds contribute to warming while low-altitude cloud contribute more to cooling.
I feel like one of the reporters who missed the main results of the experiment. It seems like the topic is very precise but difficult to understand, which may have lead to the reporters getting their facts wrong.
This video stresses the importance of peer-reviewed, renowned scientific data in making conclusions about climate change and global warming, or any topic of controversy in science for that matter.
The current and future challenge, I believe, is how to get truthful scientific information from extensive research out for the general public to recognize. If most common people are relying on the Internet and blogs for scientific knowledge, as in this video, what method must be instituted in order to provide them with easily accessible, straight, unbiased science?
This video was somewhat confusing because of all the sarcasm, but I thought it raised good points about interpreting data from the internet. It seems that many people get their scientific information from unreliable, online sources. It seems that no one actually reads the report, and many people take the results of the report and interpret them wildly. It was interesting that not all clouds contribute to cooling as well.
I think the misinterpretation of the article was more intentional than simply an accident. The writers of these various websites want to have a definitive answer to the question of what is causing global warming. Because of this, they manipulated what they read to get the answer they were looking for, thus, blaming the sun for the earth’s warming.
This video sheds light on a very sad truth about the media in todays society. The media, whether it’s in the form of a website, newspaper, or television news show is always searching for interesting stories and often times, they completely over exaggerate and skew data to make it more exciting and attention grabbing for their audiences. This then leads to the public forming an opinion about something they heard on the news and the problem is that their opinion is often uneducated. I think this is why there are so many differing opinions about global warming out there. The public’s varying ideas almost always come from the media and more times than not, the media isn’t presenting the real facts. This is unfortunate for the public as well as the scientists who did the research.
I thought it was interesting how so many people are willing to express their opinions without justifying them, or even reading the paper in general! That is especially dangerous in science because if we continue to infer from all of these experiments, then we can be led into believing entirely false conclusions about climate change.
The reporters who did stories on the paper and failed to read it seemed like they simply jumped at the chance to disprove all theory supporting man-made climate change after just seeing the title of the paper. I also thought it was interesting that clouds over the equator at high altitude could lead to additional trapping of heat and a warming effect on that geographical area.
This video suggests that skeptics of anthropogenic climate change jumped all over this CERN experiment, and attempted to use the results from the experiment to support their previously formed beliefs taht humans do not drive climate change. Unfortunately, as kate said, the majority of people rely on climate blogs publsihed by people with relatively little scientific background.
I think it is pretty funny, but at the same time sad how many of these reporters and bloggers did not even read the published report and are commenting on the issue as if they understood it fully. It shows that our society will believe almost anything posted on the internet as long as others, who have no knowledge on the subject, agree. I also agree with Kate in that the real challenge is how to get the real and factual information to the public.
The video is really interesting because it shows how people think they understand something which they don’t understand that well. Bloggers do not read the original report, but they copy and paste someone else’s articles and post on their own articles. As Voltaire put it, “Error flies from mouth to mouth, from pen to pen, and to destroy it takes ages.” The misinterpretation and misunderstanding of the original report lead readers to have false conclusion on the relationship between global temperature and cosmic rays. I think those bloggers should be responsible for presenting factual and reliable information to readers, and at the same time, the readers should also go through rational thinking rather than easily believe in what the bloggers say. I also think how different altitude clouds have either warming or cooling effect is an interesting point.
The video is really interesting because it shows how people think they understand something which they don’t understand that well. Bloggers do not read the original report, but they copy and paste someone else’s articles and post on their own articles. The misinterpretation and misunderstanding of the original report lead readers to have false conclusion on the relationship between global temperature and cosmic rays. I think those bloggers should be responsible for presenting factual and reliable information to readers, and at the same time, the readers should also go through rational thinking rather than easily believe in what the bloggers say. I also think how different altitude clouds have either warming or cooling effect is an interesting point.
This video opened my eyes on the subject of false media or misinterpretation of data. Many people today get their information from news sources like these. How are we to discern what is real and what is fake. It seems like the original article was lost in the shuffle. I was also surprised to find out that some clouds actually contribute to keeping our planet warm, rather than only helping to cool the Earth down.
This video seems more focused on entertaining and sarcasm rather than actual facts. It breaks down the idea that bloggers actually check all their facts all the time, and I like that because sometimes i forget that this could happen. For others i feel like the actual message could be lost if they dont “get” sarcasm. I agree with Alex when he states ” It shows that our society will believe almost anything posted on the internet as long as others, who have no knowledge on the subject, agree.”.
I think the video was well made.It showed the blogs that concluded that climate change is due to the sun and then showed the original article that never even stated that. In the end it goes as far as to show that the suns rays have been constant thus proving the bloggers wrong. As many of my peers have stated, you can’t rely on the internet and other people’s summaries because they have opinions that they will support by twisting words and concepts.
It’s funny how definitive some of those news headlines were, when they so badly misinterpreted the report. One would think that authors and editors would really want to make sure their information is correct before posting such a bold article.
I also thought the point about cosmic rays and cloud types was especially interesting – that high-altitude clouds contribute to warming while low-altitude cloud contribute more to cooling.
I feel like one of the reporters who missed the main results of the experiment. It seems like the topic is very precise but difficult to understand, which may have lead to the reporters getting their facts wrong.
This video stresses the importance of peer-reviewed, renowned scientific data in making conclusions about climate change and global warming, or any topic of controversy in science for that matter.
The current and future challenge, I believe, is how to get truthful scientific information from extensive research out for the general public to recognize. If most common people are relying on the Internet and blogs for scientific knowledge, as in this video, what method must be instituted in order to provide them with easily accessible, straight, unbiased science?
This video was somewhat confusing because of all the sarcasm, but I thought it raised good points about interpreting data from the internet. It seems that many people get their scientific information from unreliable, online sources. It seems that no one actually reads the report, and many people take the results of the report and interpret them wildly. It was interesting that not all clouds contribute to cooling as well.
I think the misinterpretation of the article was more intentional than simply an accident. The writers of these various websites want to have a definitive answer to the question of what is causing global warming. Because of this, they manipulated what they read to get the answer they were looking for, thus, blaming the sun for the earth’s warming.
This video sheds light on a very sad truth about the media in todays society. The media, whether it’s in the form of a website, newspaper, or television news show is always searching for interesting stories and often times, they completely over exaggerate and skew data to make it more exciting and attention grabbing for their audiences. This then leads to the public forming an opinion about something they heard on the news and the problem is that their opinion is often uneducated. I think this is why there are so many differing opinions about global warming out there. The public’s varying ideas almost always come from the media and more times than not, the media isn’t presenting the real facts. This is unfortunate for the public as well as the scientists who did the research.
I thought it was interesting how so many people are willing to express their opinions without justifying them, or even reading the paper in general! That is especially dangerous in science because if we continue to infer from all of these experiments, then we can be led into believing entirely false conclusions about climate change.
The reporters who did stories on the paper and failed to read it seemed like they simply jumped at the chance to disprove all theory supporting man-made climate change after just seeing the title of the paper. I also thought it was interesting that clouds over the equator at high altitude could lead to additional trapping of heat and a warming effect on that geographical area.
This video suggests that skeptics of anthropogenic climate change jumped all over this CERN experiment, and attempted to use the results from the experiment to support their previously formed beliefs taht humans do not drive climate change. Unfortunately, as kate said, the majority of people rely on climate blogs publsihed by people with relatively little scientific background.
I think it is pretty funny, but at the same time sad how many of these reporters and bloggers did not even read the published report and are commenting on the issue as if they understood it fully. It shows that our society will believe almost anything posted on the internet as long as others, who have no knowledge on the subject, agree. I also agree with Kate in that the real challenge is how to get the real and factual information to the public.
The video is really interesting because it shows how people think they understand something which they don’t understand that well. Bloggers do not read the original report, but they copy and paste someone else’s articles and post on their own articles. As Voltaire put it, “Error flies from mouth to mouth, from pen to pen, and to destroy it takes ages.” The misinterpretation and misunderstanding of the original report lead readers to have false conclusion on the relationship between global temperature and cosmic rays. I think those bloggers should be responsible for presenting factual and reliable information to readers, and at the same time, the readers should also go through rational thinking rather than easily believe in what the bloggers say. I also think how different altitude clouds have either warming or cooling effect is an interesting point.
The video is really interesting because it shows how people think they understand something which they don’t understand that well. Bloggers do not read the original report, but they copy and paste someone else’s articles and post on their own articles. The misinterpretation and misunderstanding of the original report lead readers to have false conclusion on the relationship between global temperature and cosmic rays. I think those bloggers should be responsible for presenting factual and reliable information to readers, and at the same time, the readers should also go through rational thinking rather than easily believe in what the bloggers say. I also think how different altitude clouds have either warming or cooling effect is an interesting point.
This video opened my eyes on the subject of false media or misinterpretation of data. Many people today get their information from news sources like these. How are we to discern what is real and what is fake. It seems like the original article was lost in the shuffle. I was also surprised to find out that some clouds actually contribute to keeping our planet warm, rather than only helping to cool the Earth down.
This video seems more focused on entertaining and sarcasm rather than actual facts. It breaks down the idea that bloggers actually check all their facts all the time, and I like that because sometimes i forget that this could happen. For others i feel like the actual message could be lost if they dont “get” sarcasm. I agree with Alex when he states ” It shows that our society will believe almost anything posted on the internet as long as others, who have no knowledge on the subject, agree.”.
I think the video was well made.It showed the blogs that concluded that climate change is due to the sun and then showed the original article that never even stated that. In the end it goes as far as to show that the suns rays have been constant thus proving the bloggers wrong. As many of my peers have stated, you can’t rely on the internet and other people’s summaries because they have opinions that they will support by twisting words and concepts.