A new national poll finds: “A clear majority of Australian electors oppose the Gillard Government’s plan to introduce a carbon tax, 37% support the proposed carbon tax and 10% can’t say.” “A majority (64%) believes that Australia’s proposed carbon tax will make no difference to the world’s climate.” Political scientist James Fishkin, in his landmark [...]
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Ask a stupid question…
Posted in Belief, Climate Change, Deliberation, Democracy, Opinion, Polling on June 3, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Figuring out what We believe
Posted in Argument Mapping, Austhink, Belief, Deliberation, Rationale Consensus, Wisdom of Crowds on March 17, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Think of a collection of people as having a kind of collective mind. How can you find out what that collective mind believes? That may sound like a fanciful philosophical question, but it has very real, even urgent applications. For example the IPCC is a collection of hundreds of scientists, and they put out reports [...]
