Patricia, the gathering storm
Friday, October 23rd, 2015[ 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 Landfall Tribune, Forecasters: Patricia is strongest hurricane ever recorded in Western hemisphere
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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 Know New Scientist, Did climate change set the scene for hurricanes like Patricia?
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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 Change Wired, Thank El Niño and Climate Change for Huge Hurricane Patricia
