The ultimate in gaslighting: Global Warming is Causing Cognitive Decline in Lunatic Politicians Causing Them to Lose Power to ‘Dangerous’ Populists

June 19, 2024, 08:37 PM

This is just {chef's kiss} sublime.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.c...ive-decline-lunatic/

Boy, these lunatics sure have gall.

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.

Wow.

Via DiscloseTV:

https://x.com/disclosetv/status/1803573298673983765

Highlights:

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.

June 19, 2024, 08:43 PM

cas

That's some very selective climate change. Only effects people of a certain political slant.

June 19, 2024, 08:46 PM

trapper189

Bunch of hot air it is.

June 19, 2024, 08:48 PM

rduckwor

Ha! Their damn socialist tendencies are their biggest problem.

RMD

June 19, 2024, 08:59 PM

marksman41

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.

June 19, 2024, 09:12 PM

scratchy

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.

June 19, 2024, 09:13 PM

parabellum

quote:
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.

June 20, 2024, 12:17 AM

Rey HRH

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.

June 20, 2024, 05:52 AM

Leemur

All I’ve got for this is the Tommy Lee Jones look from No Country for Old Men.

June 20, 2024, 06:38 AM

architect

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?

June 20, 2024, 06:46 AM

bigwagon

It's "science."

June 20, 2024, 06:58 AM

joel9507

The paper itself confirms the lunacy. Link to full study in "Cell"

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.

June 20, 2024, 09:27 AM

swordsmn1

Poor Joe, we think we'll keep him as we have a REASON he can't do the job.
Greta save our world... <sarcasm Off>

June 20, 2024, 09:31 AM

OttoSig

I’d have a hard time even coming up with that headline, that’s some next level fiction right there!

June 20, 2024, 09:48 AM

PASig

This is precisely why trying to argue and prove a point with these kinds of people is pointless. They're all NUTS.

June 20, 2024, 11:33 AM

6guns

They are truly insane! Or think that we are to believe their bullshit.

June 20, 2024, 11:46 AM

DrDan

quote:
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.