Talk:164: Playing Devil's Advocate to Win

2021-02-09T08:44:54Z

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I'm sure that no matter what scientific evidence about global warming is, the political issue lost contact with science long ago. I mean, do we really need global warming to prove that burning all fossil fuels and deforesting most of planet is bad? Also, our ability to endanger species doesn't seem limited to global warming. And the so-called solutions to global warming? This is not about science. It's a fight between people who are getting rich on oil and people who are getting rich on projects labelled as ecological. And both sides are manipulating science data - one to deny the global warming, one to make it even worse that it is. ... I don't believe anyone have working solution to global warming which doesn't involve at least 3 billions dead humans. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 23:14, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

We have a global warming since the last twenty thousand years. And we are still at a cold period (on long term meanings). A real global warming would bring us back to the conditions of the dinosaur ages.--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 21:15, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
:Correct. And it would be catastrophic on a global scale. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.64|108.162.237.64]] 17:48, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

They have totally messed with old temperature data. They "adjust" old thermometers to make them fit the data they want. [[Special:Contributions/184.66.160.91|184.66.160.91]] 03:30, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

You don't want to hear this, but my take is:
1. Global warming is probably real.
2. Global warming is probably exacerbated by human activity.
3. There is no possible way of averting global warming by reducing the output of greenhouse gases from human activity. WILL NOT HAPPEN.
Oh well! As Cueball says, it should be a wild ride. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.223|108.162.219.223]] 01:13, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

Note: "if we keep people from understanding just a little longer" ... as if someone need to actively do something to prevent majority of people of understanding hard to explain scientific topic. Most people still didn't accepted the fact that debts are supposed to be paid, and that's simple arithmetics. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 10:11, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
:Actually, debt owed by entities that emit currency is very different from debts owed by other economic entities. It's very far from "simple arithmetics" (and that's the reason there is such a thing as a central bank). {{unsigned ip|173.245.53.197}}

Thanks 199.27.128.144 for your fix on my bad HTML mishap here. If you would have an account here I could talk to you directly. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 00:19, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

It's been eight years since this comic, so I guess it ended up being the latter. Except I don't think anyone is embarrassed for the inaccuracies in the climate models. [http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/02/06/satellites-show-no-global-warming-for-17-years-5-months/ No warming for 17 years 5 months][[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.15|108.162.219.15]] 15:12, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
** The idea that there has been a "pause" in global warming has LONG since been debunked as completely false. And you're citing a website that is based on science denial and deliberately false claims about climate change.
** Whoa, that was some tricky axis manipulating. Look at the difference in scale between the positive and negative y-axis: it makes it look like temperature changes balances out by exaggerating the decreases. Also to note, it shows the change in temperature, not actual temperature. A better source: https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/global-temperature/ [[Special:Contributions/172.68.182.98|172.68.182.98]]

:The science of global warming is irrelevant. Every posed ecological disaster hasn't been an effort to advert it, but a political ploy to shift money from earners to consumers. Why did plans like putting windmills everywhere (which requires a lot of oil and oil burning, and uses up natural water supplies) get all the government funding, while actual solutions like fuel cells and nuclear got shut down (which CAN solve our dependency on oil if they only had the same funding as the wind/solar groups)? Because the top liberals were heavily invested in wind/solar, and were using politics as a way to give that group more financial success than the market would naturally allow. Why did they invest in such failures? Because they didn't understand the technology and science of the problem. If liberals had invested in fuel cell and nuclear, they would have won.[[User:Cflare|Cflare]] ([[User talk:Cflare|talk]]) 15:48, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

Perhaps because they were scared of nuclear because of meltdowns. As for fuel cells, I have no idea why they did that. [[User:Transuranium|Transuranium]] ([[User talk:Transuranium|talk]]) 10:31, 27 May 2016 (UTC)Transuranium

:Might want to look at the last 17 years and 6 months or maybe even 7 months. {{unsigned|Flewk}}

I suspect that this is the ONLY scientific question referenced in this comment that cites a percentage of people who agree with your position as a scientific argument. Just sayin'. Signed, [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.230|108.162.216.230]] 15:36, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

Talk:385: How it Works

2021-01-03T22:57:27Z

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Person who has questionable proficiency (at math in this case) makes gender-specific judgments society taught him to make. To be part of the whole you have to confirm to the stereotypes and labels placed upon you. You'll be forever alone otherwise. Sad story. I makes me cry, however, every time I recall that people who are good at math stereotyped as crazy mad evil egomaniacs who are forever alone. This is a catch 22 that's impossible to break. The title of the comics is "How it Works". And this is how it works.

I will admit, after I finished Calc 1, I came across this yet again via the random button, and kind of rolled my eyes. Then I read the title text, and this became one of my favorite comics. --[[Special:Contributions/140.198.42.64|140.198.42.64]] 00:19, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

:The same thing happened to me. This is definitely one comic where a little bit of knowledge about the subject really makes the joke. --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.215.125|108.162.215.125]] 06:59, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

This type of generalization also has a special name called "Stereotype threat". Research shows that women/girls who are good at math (identify as good at math) will do worse on hard math questions when they think (consciously or unconsciously) that her own personal failings will reflect on the negative stereotype. (Real example: a group of professors asked SAT testing body to ask for demographic questions (gender/race) after the test instead of before.) [[Special:Contributions/108.162.254.107|108.162.254.107]] 04:15, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

I don't really think that pi + C is different from just C. Pi is a constant anyway! {{unsigned ip|173.245.48.96}}

In popular culture: it appeared twice in the grade 10 english module in the philippines,and without the correct citation. p.s. what should i do? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.215.10|108.162.215.10]] 08:33, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
:xkcd is released under a Creative Commons license that allows any redistribution but requests a citation if you are making money from it. I think it's fine unless they're ripping Randall off. [[User:Jacky720|That's right, Jacky720 just signed this]] ([[User talk:Jacky720|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jacky720|contribs]]) 23:53, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
::''reads license'' okay, no commercial redistribution, and give appropriate credit. Ask them nicely to add a citation? Idk. [[User:Jacky720|That's right, Jacky720 just signed this]] ([[User talk:Jacky720|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jacky720|contribs]]) 23:57, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

Maybe include the phrase confirmation bias?[[Special:Contributions/108.162.218.53|108.162.218.53]] 20:27, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

Megan wasn't finished with the equation yet. That's why her hand is still up at the board. She can still produce a correct - even if strange - equation. {{unsigned ip|162.158.90.189}}
:So is the hand of the second cueball.

One thing I noticed is if you just take the letters of "Pi" and "c", it makes "Pic". "Pic" is a way to shorten the word "Picture"![[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.115|108.162.245.115]] 18:30, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

[https://geekfeminism.wikia.org/wiki/Girls_suck_at_Python The Geek Feminism wiki claims that this comic references a specific incident.] [[Special:Contributions/172.68.182.98|172.68.182.98]] 22:57, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

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Talk:164: Playing Devil's Advocate to Win

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