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Values Corrupting Logic
Emotional appeals are effective because human values consistently bias the interpretation of facts
Oct 17 • 
Dr John Mark Dangerfield
Bread Beats Carbon Targets
Hungry Societies Don’t Wait for Climate Solutions
Oct 17 • 
Dr John Mark Dangerfield
 and 
Christopher Scott
Hungry People Don’t Wait
The existential crisis hiding in plain sight
Oct 16 • 
Dr John Mark Dangerfield
 and 
Christopher Scott
Technology Buys Delay
The illusion of escaping natural limits
Oct 16 • 
Dr John Mark Dangerfield
 and 
Christopher Scott
Doubt Is Intellectual Courage
Strength lies in embracing uncertainty and complexity
Oct 16 • 
Dr John Mark Dangerfield
Conservation Status Quo?
Saving Symbols While Ecosystems Collapse
Oct 16 • 
Dr John Mark Dangerfield
 and 
Christopher Scott
Growth Cheats Entropy
The Thermodynamic Reckoning Nobody Wants to Face
Oct 16 • 
Dr John Mark Dangerfield
Triple Bottom Line Deception
Profit First and Everything Else as Window Dressing
Oct 15 • 
Dr John Mark Dangerfield
 and 
Christopher Scott
Cuteness Is Not Conservation
Why Furry Animals Make Terrible Environmental Policy
Oct 15 • 
Dr John Mark Dangerfield
 and 
Christopher Scott
Sustainable Land Management?
Why We Cannot Fill a Bucket with a Hole in the Bottom
Oct 15 • 
Dr John Mark Dangerfield
 and 
Christopher Scott
Agriculture Is Extractive
Removing biomass makes linear realities persist over circular promises
Oct 15 • 
Dr John Mark Dangerfield
 and 
Christopher Scott
Endorphins Over Evidence
Why feeling good prevents thinking clearly about nature
Oct 14 • 
Dr John Mark Dangerfield
 and 
Christopher Scott
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