Paul, for clarification of my comment (15) on before G.W. Bush took office in 2001,... I meant as a whole (5,000 managers and staff) that NWS contributed in large ways to
public misunderstanding on climate change and global warming, not necessarily 5,000 individuals.
Not exact matches
The apparent
misunderstanding arose after Anthony House, a
public policy and communications senior manager at Google, spoke of testing an anti-radicalization program at a hearing before the United Kingdom's parliament
on Tuesday.
The bottom line is that the American
public is being fed a carefully crafted mythology (no doubt «market tested»
on «response groups» to see which images fly best) to mislead the American
public into
misunderstanding the nature of today's financial problem — to mislead it in such a way that today's policies will make sense and gain voter support.
«We do not therefore accept the Department's submissions
on the likelihood of the
public misunderstanding the disputed information, or being misled as to its significance by the media.
On Wednesday, Bloomberg described the police stopping and handcuffing of the councilmember, Juamaane Williams, and Kirsten John Foy, an aide to
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, as probably «just a
misunderstanding.»
Barry coined the term «brainscams» in a 1990 article to draw attention to popular efforts to capitalize
on the
public's
misunderstanding of the brain.
Speaking at a seminar
on public confidence in biomedical science at the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Prof Wilmut warned there was a danger in missing scientific opportunities because of
public fears and
misunderstandings.
Why does the
public have a generally accurate understanding of school performance but a gross
misunderstanding of the amount that is spent
on education?
Just weeks ago, Carmen Fariña, the new chancellor of the New York City
Public Schools, displayed her own
misunderstanding of the role that knowledge plays in education: «It's always been something I've believed in — we learn facts maybe to take tests, but we learn thinking to get
on in life.»
The article also says that «opinion with respect to the Common Core has yet to coalesce,» and then kindly suggests to Core supporters that they «probably need to clarify their intentions to the
public if they are to keep their support from slipping,» as if the opposition is based
on a particular set of
misunderstandings.
Once again, the poll sheds light
on the
public's understanding (or
misunderstanding) of school financing.
I agree with Olson, utterly, that there's not enough experimentation, too much fear of failure and also far too much fear and
misunderstanding at scientific institutions, from America's universities to the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change, about the obligation and responsibility to engage the
public in a sustained way.
Much of the
public's
misunderstanding of human - induced global warming centers
on storm surges and sea levels, and yet this has hardly been the central focus of climate science research over the past 20 years.
There is currently widespread
public misunderstanding about the degree of scientific consensus
on human - caused climate change, both in the US as well as internationally.
While not inclined to disagree too strenuously with the bulk of the post, I think the second - to - last paragraph commits the same analytical errors which lie behind the failure of
public image - enhancement campaigns — both are predicated
on a
misunderstanding of why lawyers are not well - liked.
The
public debate at the time was more focused
on whether this meant that judges in general are tired of smartphone patent suits, and there was a fundamental
misunderstanding on the part of all those who thought the cancelation of the Chicago trial was a loss only for Apple, when in reality the FRAND - related part of Judge Posner's ruling — which I called «absolutely fantastic» in the analysis I just linked to — was a major victory for Apple (more important than the negative part for Apple in my view).
The result was a
public debate based
on a fundamental
misunderstanding of the ruling.
In a statement
on Monday, Case blamed criticism
on the
public's «
misunderstanding of technology.»
Not that Samsung needs my assistance, by any stretch of the imagination, but I feel like there is still some
misunderstanding in the
public about what goes
on in a Samsung device.