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How to Explain Reality

Posted on January 26, 2022 by climatechangefork

Last week’s blog focused on the name change of Facebook to Meta and on the cherry-picking phenomenon of selectively picking reality to fit our biases and trying to recruit more adherents to our views of reality. The borderlines between virtual, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Education | Tagged cherry picking, fact, Michio Kaku, Penrose, Physics, reality, religion, Science, Stephen Hawking, truth, virtual reality | Leave a comment

Job and the Just World Hypothesis

Posted on December 15, 2020 by climatechangefork

I asked my wife, a psychologist and college administrator, to help explain climate change denial. She suggested the “just world hypothesis.” I included her proposal in the last chapter of my book, Climate Change: The Fork at the End of … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Bible, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, climate change denier, climate denier, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, faith, God, Hebrew, job, just world, morality, Old Testament, pandemic, psychology, rationality, religion, Satan, sin, social behavior, social distance, test, Tim Walberg | 1 Comment

Freedom and Liberty

Posted on November 3, 2020 by climatechangefork

Today is election day. We’ll be voting for state and local officials but the race the whole world is watching is the one for US president. People everywhere are calling this the most important election of our lifetime. Of course, … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Election, politics, Trump, US | Tagged America, collective, constitution, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, doctor, Donald Trump, Election, freedom, Future, Health, individual, law, liberty, lockdown, mask, pandemic, religion, rights, safety, Science, Trump, turnout, US, vote, voter, voter turnout | 10 Comments

Simultaneous Global Disasters

Posted on September 1, 2020 by climatechangefork

About a month ago (August 4th), I wrote a blog that used a Venn diagram to show the overlap of climate change, COVID-19, projected population change, job availability, and socio-economic status. My discussion was relatively abstract. Now, only one month … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, law, politics, US | Tagged air conditioner, air conditioning, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, apocalypse, apocalyptic, asteroid, Belarus, blackout, California, Christianity, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, Durer, Election, Electricity, Energy, Extreme Weather, fire, Gulf Coast, Hurricane, Islam, Judaism, Kenosha, Laura, Louisiana, Marco, Minneapolis, police violence, Policy, religion, Science, sins, social justice, storm, Texas, wild fire | 5 Comments

Holidays During a Pandemic: Let the Young Lead the Way

Posted on March 31, 2020 by climatechangefork

My first entry for this blog was on April 22, 2012. April 22nd is Earth Day but we will celebrate many other things throughout this coming month, including my wife’s birthday, spring, and many religious holidays, including the following: April … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged access, Ashkenazi, Bhuddist, Brooklyn College, ceremony, Christian, coronavirus, COVID 19, CUNY, Easter, Eid, Electricity, equity, Hindu, holiday, isolation, Israel, Jew, Jewish, muslim, Online Education, pandemic, Passover, quarantine, rabbi, Ramadan, religion, remote learning, Sephardic, Shabbat, social distancing, tradition, zoom | Leave a comment

Guest Blog by Sofia Ahsanuddin: Marching for Science on Earth Day

Posted on May 9, 2017 by climatechangefork

In the span of a few months, the March for Science burgeoned into a global movement that galvanized support from hundreds of thousands of people in over 610 locations around the globe. The march’s organizers officially aim to create a … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Climate Change, Guest Blog | Tagged academia, academic, Anthropocene, antivax, apolitical, Bilingual, bottom-up, budget, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, critical thinking, denial, dialogue, Education, Einstein, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, engineering, Environment, eugenics, evil, faith, Fossil Fuels, fund, Global Warming, good, grassroots, greenhouse gas, Guest Blog, Islam, march, march for science, Math, mathematics, Mitigation, moral, nonpartisan, Organization, organize, outreach, partisan, physical world, Physics, Policy, political, politician, politics, protest, religion, Science, scientist, skeptic, Sofia Ahsanuddin, stem, sterilization, Sustainability, Technology, US, vaccine, Weill Cornell | 1 Comment

Impact Assessment: Self-Inflicted Genocide and the Toronto Principle

Posted on December 27, 2016 by climatechangefork

In the beginning of November I got an email from a student at the University of Pennsylvania that said the following: My name is Richard Ling, a student at the University of Pennsylvania and member of the Fossil Free Penn … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, assessment, Climate Change, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, Anthropogenic, assessment, Benjamin Franta, boycott, Cap and Trade, Carbon Tax, Christmas, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, Democratization, divest, divestment, DNNer, Economics, Education, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Exxon, ExxonMobil, fossil free, fossil fuel, Fossil Fuels, Genocide, Global Warming, Godwin's Law, greenhouse gas, Gypsies, Hanukkah, Harvard, Heartland, holiday, Holocaust, Investment, Jew, Jewish, Lemkin, Metro, Mitigation, moral, moral evil, Nazi, New Year, Nuremberg, Oil, Oil Companies, Paris, Paris Agreement, Pennsylvania, Philippe Sands, Physics, Poles, Polish, Population, Power, Power Plants, Race, Raphael Lemkin, religion, Rex Tillerson, Rockefeller, Roma, Science, Self Inflicted Genocide, shareholder, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Technology, Toronto, US | 1 Comment

Global Family Vacation Part 3: Israel: Palestinian and Jewish Refugees, Resettlement, and the Right of Return

Posted on August 30, 2016 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – A map of refugee camps in the Middle East Successful resettlement is probably the most important aspect of the global refugee issue. Resettled refugees can make major positive contributions to their host societies. We have seen this … Continue reading →

Posted in immigration | Tagged annex, Arab, arab league, Arabist, attitude, Australia, bias, Brooklyn College, camp, choice, Citizen, Citizenship, Civil War, CUNY, document, Egypt, emigrant, emigration, Family, Fatah, Gaza, Hamas, Holocaust, home, homeland, Human Rights, identity, immigrant, immigration, Iraq, Iraqi, ISIS, Islam, Israel, Israeli, Jew, Jewish, Kuwait, land, Lebanon, middle east, migrant, migration, muslim, opinion, Palestine, Palestinian, Palestinian National Authority, partition, political, politics, privilege, property, pull factor, push factor, refugee, religion, resettlement, return, right, right of return, Saudi Arabia, security, settlement, Suez, Syria, teach, teacher, treaty, Turkey, UDHR, UN, UNRWA, US, War, west bank, Yemen | Leave a comment

Immigration: Quantifying Migration

Posted on July 26, 2016 by climatechangefork

The Scope of Present Global Refugee Issues: Global migration (June 21, 2016) arises from people’s quest to survive and attain better opportunities. More specifically, people leave their homes: Due to war/civil war As a result of broken states In search … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, immigration, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, affiliation, Afghanistan, Africa, Anthropogenic, Bangladesh, Civil War, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, climate refugee, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, Congo, danger, death, Democratization, demographic, Demographics, discrimination, displacement, DNNer, DRC, Economics, Economy, emigrant, emigrate, emigration, Emissions, Energy, Environment, estimate, Europe, Fertility, figure, forced displacement, forcibly displaced, Fossil Fuels, Germany, Global Population, Global Warming, graph, greenhouse gas, HUD, immigrant, immigration, India, IPAT, IPCC, Iraq, migrant, migration, minority, Mitigation, Physics, Population, Prediction, projection, quantify, quantitative, quantity, Race, refugee crisis, religion, Saudi Arabia, Science, Sustainability, Syria, Technology, trend, UN, UNHCR, US, War, World Population | Leave a comment

Guest Blog by Sofia Ahsanuddin: Immigration

Posted on July 12, 2016 by climatechangefork

“You broke the ocean in half to be here. Only to meet nothing that wants you.” – Nayyirah Waheed, Immigrant Dear Reader, I am writing this blog post at a critical transitional point in my life. I have just graduated … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Education, immigration | Tagged Abu Dhabi, Adaptation, Afghanistan, Angrez, anti-immigrant, Arab, Arabic, Australia, bigot, bigotry, BREXIT, Britain, British, Brooklyn, Brooklyn College, Canada, Chaush, Clash of Civilizations, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Change Fork, Climate Skeptics, colonial, colonialism, compassion, conflict, CUNY, Dekhani, Dell, demagogue, demagoguery, democracy, Democrat, Democratization, diaspora, displace, displaced, displacement, doctor, Dominion of India, Donald Trump, Dubai, Economics, Education, Electricity, emigrant, emigrate, emigration, Emissions, Energy, England, Environment, equity, ethics, Faluknama Palace, France, genome valley, ghazal, Global Warming, Golkanda, Guest Blog, Gulf States, Hamza Yusuf Hanson, Hannah Arendt, heritage, Hindustani Musalmans, History, Holland, Hyderabad, Hyderabadi Muslim, identity, illiberal, immigrant, immigration, India, Indian, Indo-Persian, Iran, Iraq, ISIL, ISIS, Islam, Islamic state, Jews, Jordan, justice, Lebanon, liberal, Marathi, Marine Le Pen, medicine, MetaSUB, microbiome, Midwood, migrant, migration, Mitigation, Mughal, muhajir, Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, muslim, Muslims, Nayyirah Waheed, NYU Tandon, old city, Pakistan, Pakistani, partition, physician, Physics, Policy, political science, Population, populism, populist, pre-med, Prince Muffakham Jah, princely state, Princess Durru Shehvar, Race, racism, referendum, refugee, religion, salwar kameez, Samuel Huntington, Saudi Arabia, Science, Siasat, Siddi, Sindh, social climate, social justice, Sofia Ahsanuddin, Sustainability, Syria, Telegu, theocentric, tradition, Trump, Turkey, Turks, UK, Urdu, US, Uttar Pradesh, Weill Cornell Medicine, World Population, xenophobia, Yemen, Yemeni | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: religion

How to Explain Reality

Freedom and Liberty

Guest Blog by Sofia Ahsanuddin: Marching for Science on Earth Day

Impact Assessment: Self-Inflicted Genocide and the Toronto Principle

Global Family Vacation Part 3: Israel: Palestinian and Jewish Refugees, Resettlement, and the Right of Return

Immigration: Quantifying Migration

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