Patricia, the gathering storm
October 23rd, 2015 by Charles Cameron
[ by Charles Cameron — spiral storming in the atmosphere, spiral vertiginous in the mind, inbound ]
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Visual and verbal expressions of computational cognition:
Which conveys the most, which is most easily grasped, and how much do the models know?
Sources:
Slatest, Patricia, Strongest Hurricane in History, Nears Mexico LandfallTribune, Forecasters: Patricia is strongest hurricane ever recorded in Western hemisphere**
Need to know, and why?
The zoom in, from need to know to why, exactly?
Sources:
New York Times, Hurricane Patricia: What You Need to KnowNew Scientist, Did climate change set the scene for hurricanes like Patricia?**
Cognitive dissonance:
Cognitive dissonance, the human condition — or counterpoint, as understood by Bach and Glenn Gould?
Sources:
NPR, Why Hurricane Patricia Can’t Be Blamed On Climate ChangeWired, Thank El Niño and Climate Change for Huge Hurricane PatriciaPosted in Charles Cameron, cognition, cognitive dissonance, Doublequotes, metacognition, Mexico, science, Uncategorized, weather | 1 comment
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same as it ever was:
October 24th, 2015 at 12:31 am
Recently re-reading Bruce Sterling’s 1994 “Heavy Weather”, climate change science fiction, all about unprecedentedly large storm systems, Patricia seemss the right ballpark ..