SIGforum.comMain PageThe Lounge The ultimate in gaslighting: Global Warming is Causing Cognitive Decline in Lunatic Politicians Causing Them to Lose Power to ‘Dangerous’ Populists
A new “study” at 50 Science found that global warming is affecting the language complexity of the lunatic left, which in turn results in populists winning elections.
Apparently, global warming is causing the cognitive performance of the lunatic left to decline.
Heat has been associated with decreased productivity and cognitive performance
We find warmer temperatures to reduce language complexity of politicians
In Germany, we observe a larger effect of warm days on older politicians
Climate change could reduce the speech complexity and productivity of politicians
Summary:
Climate change carries important effects on human wellbeing and performance, and increasingly research is documenting the negative impacts of out-of-comfort temperatures on workplace performance. In this study, we investigate the plausibly causal effect of extreme temperatures, i.e., out-of-comfort, on language complexity among politicians, leveraging a fixed effects strategy. We analyze language complexity in over seven million parliamentary speeches across eight countries, connecting them with precise daily meteorological information. We find hot days reduce politicians’ language complexity, but not cold days. Focusing on one country, we explore marginal effects by age and gender, suggesting high temperatures significantly impact older politicians at lower thresholds. The findings propose that political rhetoric is not only driven by political circumstances and strategic concerns but also by physiological responses to external environmental factors. Overall, the study holds important implications on how climate change could affect human cognitive performance and the quality of political discourse.
More than anything, this study proves the left will stop at nothing to gain power over the people.
Ha! Their damn socialist tendencies are their biggest problem.
RMD
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I guess no politician anywhere ever gives a speech in a climate controlled environment?
I'm sure the authors of the "study" don't believe their nonsense but they know that many Leftists will, and those that don't will add this to their arsenal of "research" with which they attempt to club any opponents of the agenda du jour.
Posts: 5025 | Location: Arkansas | Registered: September 04, 2008
Wow. What a load of manure. Very similar to the relationship between pirates and climate change. Pirate numbers decline, temps rise. We need more pirates. Ugh.
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Posts: 4093 | Location: Colorado | Registered: August 24, 2008
Originally posted by cas: That's some very selective climate change. Only effects people of a certain political slant.
No, y'see, the "populists" are so stupid, there is little cognition to declinate. Therefore, the dangerous, climate-destroying heat has no effect on we hillbillies.
Wow. I've heard the phrase, "you can't make this shit up even if you tried" but they obviously did in this case.
It's been so long ago that I don't remember the children's game this takes after. It's like "heads I win, tails you lose." Or, "I made you do that, yes, I did!"
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
Posts: 19992 | Location: The Free State of Arizona - Ditat Deus | Registered: March 24, 2011
So now I've got to wonder, whose head is going to explode first? The heat-addled leftists', or mine from listening to their drivel? Maybe if I don't pay them any attention I'll be safe?
Posts: 6740 | Location: NoVA | Registered: July 22, 2009
This quote, buried in the middle, under 'Commentary', describes their vacuous guesses as to what might explain this 'finding'.
quote:
But how can extreme outdoor temperatures have an effect on political speeches held indoors?
As suggested by Heyes and Saberian (2019), extreme outdoor temperatures can influence behavior by short exposures during outdoor breaks or during the commute.
Another explanation could be that extreme outdoor temperatures could alter behavior and cause politicians to stay inside buildings, which can lead to a lack of fresh air which has been linked to reduced cognitive function.
Similarly, extreme temperatures can also disrupt sleep, particularly for the elderly, with important consequences on cognitive performance.
So, according to these authors ... when it's warmer, supposedly the old coots get addled by not getting enough sleep before their speeches, and either taking breaks outdoors (or by not taking breaks outdoors), and thus their speech-making skills slip due to global warming....
I don't see any Nobel nominations coming for these authors.
Posts: 15137 | Location: North Carolina | Registered: October 15, 2007
Originally posted by 6guns: They are truly insane! Or think that we are to believe their bullshit.
Articles like that are not meant for "us." They are meant for the true believers and faithful to the left that saw climate change as their way to power. The point of the article is to provide some convoluted, smart sounding, nuanced, understanding of this "problem," and to console themselves by believing they are smarter than the stupid "populists." The Israeli's resorted to medieval weapons recently, maybe the populists of Europe will return the tried-and-true methods of bygone eras for dealing with a political class whose time has past.
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Posts: 4990 | Location: Florida | Registered: August 16, 2009
Yes, and leftists do this kind of thing all the time. It's just that this particular example is conspicuous.
Leftists don't deal in the truth. If they did, they wouldn't be leftists. They are constantly attempting to justify and explain their positions using this method. They certainly can't use the facts.
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