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Real Analogy or Emotive Shortcut? Two Types of Reasoning

By Stephan Lewandowsky, Ph.D. on December 26, 2012 in Thinking Global Change

Sometimes just mentioning an emotional "hot button" word can trigger unwarranted conclusions. This happened recently in Australia, when the national media stumbled over the mere mention of pedophilia and climate change in the same radio show that interviewed me about my research. Read More

climate change

Submitted by Anonymous on March 22, 2013 - 8:48pm.

Wretched,little man.

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Stephan Lewandowsky, Ph.D., is a Winthrop Professor, School of Psychology, at the University of Western Australia. more...

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