Wednesday, November 21, 2012

George Lakoff: How to Use the Language of “Systemic Causation” To Talk About Climate Change

[MB: Uprising Radio's description is couched in the presidential race of a few weeks ago, while this episode is not really about that and only barely touches on it, thankfully. So, here is my blurb: Linguist George Lakoff states that we need to change the name of Hurricanes -- we need to start calling them Hurricane Chevron, Hurricane Massey, Hurricane BP, etc....... interesting look into how science as a profession disciplines (as in making them conform) the language of climate scientists.}


George Lakoff: How to Use the Language of “Systemic Causation” To Talk About Climate Change

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