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Week 10 Blog Post

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The action project was difficult to plan and execute given the time constraints of a quarter system. That said, I am very proud of the job our group was able to do and the message we were able to convey with regards to increasing political engagement among our peers at the University of Washington. Once I had time to reflect… Read more »

Polling Data and Motivated Reasoning

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A majority of Americans (70%) believe global warming is happening. A majority of Americans believe that global warming will harm people I the United States (58%). A minority of Americans believe global warming will harm them personally (40%). Moreover, half of Americans believe global warming will affect them little/not at all. How do we square this circle? Is it simply… Read more »

First thoughts (Bates, 2017.10.08)

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I want to start out with an apology for rushing away from lawn-class last Thursday. I had to get to work and participate in that big system that is leading to human kind’s untimely demise. Such is life. Anywho, let’s talk about systemic thinking. Admittedly, I am new to this type of thinking. In my academic and budding professional life,… Read more »