Global warming propaganda

[profpr]

This is hilarious:

Propaganda = few ideas + many people
Agitation = many ideas + few people
I have been fortunate to participate in developing the idea from agitation in 1980s to mass media propaganda now.

Another funny thing: the spellchecker on this site suggested to replace "shockwave" with "Chechov".

Comments

[profpr.livejournal.com]

Well, I will not be picking. Communicating an absolute truth (snow is normally white) isn’t propaganda. Communicating verifiable subjective truth isn’t propaganda, too (we will not discuss what it means – to verify the data). But what about communicating only part of the story? Is it propaganda?
An example. Ok, CO2 release to the atmosphere above say the level of natural sink is wrong. There are technologies right now that are able to reduce this source dramatically at cost of 1-2% GDP in developed nations (Sterns report). Hence it is possible right now to start stabilizing the CO2 level – but it will be impossible without of cooperation from the developing nations. Hence, “Save the Earth – stop Global Warming” effectively translates into “stop the developing nations” and “reduce your paycheck”. Again, telling only one side of the story – is it a propaganda?
And yes, you are right, I never did any agitation or propaganda. Even though sometimes I was getting a bit agitated when talking to my children