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Comment Re:Don't let politicians control the discussion th (Score 1) 725

Seriously... Al Gore has personally done more damage to the AGW cause then anyone else in the world.

THIS. He massively increased the politicization of the issue and almost single-handedly created the incentive to turn climate denialism in the US from a fringe conspiracy theory to a mainstream belief. I don't think things would be massively different today if he had stayed out of climate issues, but the brakes wouldn't be dragging nearly so hard on the science train. I don't think climate policy would be more contentious than any other environmental policy issue.

I'd say the biggest catastrophes in climate policy are:

1. Al Gore, for contributing massively to the politicization of climate science

2. Disinformation campaigns funded by fossil fuel companies and conservative think-tanks

3. Michael Chrichton's State of Fear, the Book of Revelation for climate denialists.

Comment Re:Are we sure it's about boredom? (Score 1) 333

One participant administered 190 shocks to himself.

Hahaha holy hell, imagine how batshit-crazy that guy is! If that was in a 15-minute period, those shocks were less than 5 seconds apart on average!

"GAHH, THE WAITING! *ZAP* MAKE IT STOP! *ZAP* I CAN'T TAKE IT! *ZAP*"

I probably hate waiting more than anyone else alive today, and I figure I would press that button somewhere between zero and 2 times, depending on how curious I feel about the operation of the button and how much being zapped hurts.

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