Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 2 days agoCan we afford to be afraid of nuclear power?www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square54linkfedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down115
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minus-squarefahfahfahfahAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down3·2 days agoThe general populace isn’t looking at statistics, they’re looking at scary news stories
minus-squareApollosArrow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoAnd the article image of a screaming person.
minus-squarelimer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down3·2 days agoThe public is never good at stats, or complex ideas that cannot be converted into a good old fashioned sound bite. Maths hardly ever change major policy by themselves. Often it’s only an accident of political necessity when policy is backed by statistics or science
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down4·2 days agoThe general public is one thing, but that doesn’t excuse the positions of activist organizations like Greenpeace that should’ve been better-informed.
minus-squarelimer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·2 days agoOften, but not as a rule, progressive organizations age badly
The general populace isn’t looking at statistics, they’re looking at scary news stories
And the article image of a screaming person.
The public is never good at stats, or complex ideas that cannot be converted into a good old fashioned sound bite.
Maths hardly ever change major policy by themselves. Often it’s only an accident of political necessity when policy is backed by statistics or science
The general public is one thing, but that doesn’t excuse the positions of activist organizations like Greenpeace that should’ve been better-informed.
Often, but not as a rule, progressive organizations age badly