<div dir="ltr">Frank, Jon, <div>Thanks for the references. I've been deliberately using the term "disinformation", which aligns with your explanation. There is disinformation coming from people who support almost every position along the political spectrum - left, right, center. Unfortunately, engagement through enragement works on all humans and has become a profitable business model with the side effect of causing great polarization and division. </div><div><br></div><div>Maybe it's naive, but I feel that on this list, in particular, we should use information sources that aren't in the business to profit through the engagement/enragement dynamic. Hence, my refusal to look at <a href="http://heartland.org">heartland.org</a> and the other one. Perhaps we could all agree to this group policy? </div><div><br></div><div>Peace, </div><div>Jerry</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 6:14 PM Jon Dreyer <<a href="mailto:jon@jondreyer.org">jon@jondreyer.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">I think I can compete
with Frank in terms of lack of expertise on climate, but
coincidentally I just read the article <a href="https://www.deseret.com/2022/7/27/23170209/the-weaponization-of-doubt-misinformation-disinformation-democracy-information-doubt" target="_blank"><i>The
Weaponization Of Doubt</i></a> by my friend, author and
philosopher of science <a href="https://leemcintyrebooks.com" target="_blank">Lee McIntyre</a>, about
the growing spread of <i>dis</i>information (as distinguished
from mere unintentional <i>mi</i>sinformation). It's worth a
read, but a big idea is that doubt is increasingly being used as
a weapon to discredit "inconvenient truths".<i> </i>The article
references Oreskes and Conway's book <a href="https://www.merchantsofdoubt.org" target="_blank"><i>Merchants of Doubt,</i></a>
which details the weaponization of doubt with respect to
tobacco, acid rain, the ozone hole, global warming, and DDT. </font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> One tool we can use to
evaluate information is the same one that's been used since
antiquity to help solve crimes: <i>Cui bono</i><i>?</i></font></p>
<div>On 7/28/22 5:51 PM, Frank Gens wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I’m probably the least expert on this email chain,
but since I’ve invested time in reading it, I’d like to share my
gut reaction to reading the arguments against the growing
reality of climate change…</div>
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<div dir="ltr">It reminds me of this similar-toned 1950 ad
campaign from Reynolds Tobacco…</div>
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Jon Dreyer<br>
<a href="http://www.passionatelycurious.com" target="_blank">Math Tutor/Compuer
Science Tutor</a><br>
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