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  • lol no

    Statistics are a summarization of data

    All fields use it.

    A statistic is that the climate will increase more than 1.5 degrees by the end of the century

    How we operationalize that information requires other statistical summaries BUT that does not negate the fact that we have passed a tipping point and people are dying because of it…

    That doesn’t absolve us of action now… Or risk of overstating the threat

    Another statistic is that most people don’t understand statistics

    Signed, an actual fucking statistician



  • LOL WUT

    So first off, climate science is data driven. Social politics should play no part in how to interpret the result that shit is getting hotter and people are dying… That’s pure statistics baby

    But in terms of communication, sure, understanding psychology helps. But look where a poor understanding of social psychology got us…

    And social science is not the same as psychology. Social science means integrating diverse perspectives into environmental decision making. Which many in this thread are failing to do