Just saw this. <\/p>\n
The jet stream has started an unprecedented shift north, which could wreak havoc on weather in the US and Europe<\/a> <\/p>\n It’s totally legit to report that warmer air is pushing the jet stream north, which will affect weather. Calling it “unprecedented” bugs me. <\/p>\n I studied geology in college. In geology you think in terms of very long time spans. So when I see claims about some “unprecedented” change, I immediately think “how long has this been going on, and how much data do we have?” <\/p>\n It’s almost impossible to believe that we have enough data on the jet stream to call something “unprecedented.” <\/p>\n Headline writers are in the business of getting your attention — getting you to click. Fear, astonishment, “you won’t believe,” etc., is their stock and trade. But this exaggeration filters into the way we think, and the way we see the world. E.g., it’s not just that weather patterns will change. It’s “unprecedented.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Just saw this. The jet stream has started an unprecedented shift north, which could wreak havoc on weather in the US and Europe It’s totally legit to report that warmer air is pushing the jet stream north, which will affect weather. Calling it “unprecedented” bugs me. I studied geology in college. In geology you think … Continue reading “How headline writers are dividing us”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1724"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/crowhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1725,"href":"https:\/\/crowhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1724\/revisions\/1725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}