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Old 09-January-2008, 08:12 PM
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Andre,

You seem "focused" on groupthink. Do you think that BAUT is an example of groupthink?
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...Groupthink, a term coined by social psychologist Irving Janis (1972), occurs when a group makes faulty decisions because group pressures lead to a deterioration of “mental efficiency, reality testing, and moral judgment” (p. 9). Groups affected by groupthink ignore alternatives and tend to take irrational actions that dehumanize other groups. ...
If you think the group of BAUT members is of one mind, that ignores alternatives, well, I think you haven't read enough of it. There are members with a wide variety of beliefs here, even on the topic of climate change.

If your groupthink comments are towards the wider, scientific community, then please address my point in post # 12.

And your analogy to the measurement of the freezing point of water is far too simplistic, compared to the issues of climate change.
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