Comments on: Cloud Seeding Markets http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/07/cloud-seeding-m.html Overcoming Bias is economist Robin Hanson’s blog, on honesty, signaling, disagreement, forecasting, and the far future. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:09:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Divide http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/07/cloud-seeding-m.html#comment-400417 Divide Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:57:04 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2008/07/cloud-seeding-markets.html#comment-400417 There is something wrong with the mars paper -- figures seem to be missing. There is something wrong with the mars paper — figures seem to be missing.

]]> By: Michael F. Martin http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/07/cloud-seeding-m.html#comment-400416 Michael F. Martin Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:27:33 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2008/07/cloud-seeding-markets.html#comment-400416 Hmmm.... could incentive-caused biases be responsible for preventing us from taking very simple and easy steps to slow down global warming? Hmmm…. could incentive-caused biases be responsible for preventing us from taking very simple and easy steps to slow down global warming?

]]> By: MZ http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/07/cloud-seeding-m.html#comment-400415 MZ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:39:46 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2008/07/cloud-seeding-markets.html#comment-400415 <em>Chinese meteorologists will use weather-modification technologies to try to stop rain from spoiling the [Olympic] party</em> Actually, they're doing it more to wash pollution out of the air. Beijing's air pollution is twice as bad as LA on its worst days. One runner has refused to participate in the Beijing Olympics because he is asthmatic, and many others are foregoing the longer competitions, like the marathon. Chinese meteorologists will use weather-modification technologies to try to stop rain from spoiling the [Olympic] party

Actually, they’re doing it more to wash pollution out of the air. Beijing’s air pollution is twice as bad as LA on its worst days. One runner has refused to participate in the Beijing Olympics because he is asthmatic, and many others are foregoing the longer competitions, like the marathon.

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