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Monday 24 May, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
8:29 AM
8:29 AM
Day 1 - A Perfect Cognitive Storm: Facing Surprises with Nonknowledge
1 minute, 8:29 AM EDT - 8:30 AM EDT

Eric Winsberg, University of South Florida (Speaker)

Naomi Oreskes, Harvard University (Keynote speaker)

Paul Thagard, University of Waterloo (Speaker)

Dennis Meadows, University of New Hampshire (Speaker)

Serge Robert, Université du Québec à Montréal (Instructor)

Nadia Seraiocco, Université du Québec à Montréal (Master of ceremonies)

8:30 AM
8:30 AM
Workshop with Dennis Meadows: Cognitive challenges of modeling long-term climate change dynamics
2 hours, 8:30 AM EDT - 10:30 AM EDT

Workshop

Dennis Meadows, University of New Hampshire (Speaker)

The phenomenon of climate change is still characterized by large uncertainty and ambiguous vocabulary. Thus rational discussion is difficult. In th...
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Naomi Oreskes : Can Science Be Saved?: Moving Beyond Climate Denial
1 hour 15 minutes, 11:00 AM EDT - 12:15 PM EDT

Keynote

Naomi Oreskes, Harvard University (Keynote speaker)

During the Covid-19 pandemic, public debates about the validity of scientific findings and the value of science have intensified, as some Americans...
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
Paul Thagard: History of Cognitive Science and Its Relevance to Climate Change
1 hour 15 minutes, 12:45 PM EDT - 2:00 PM EDT

Talk

Paul Thagard, University of Waterloo (Speaker)

Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary study of mind, embracing psychology, computer modeling, neuroscience, linguistics, anthropology, and phi...
2:05 PM
2:05 PM
Eric Winsberg: Climate Science and Uncertainty
1 hour 15 minutes, 2:05 PM EDT - 3:20 PM EDT

Talk

Eric Winsberg, University of South Florida (Speaker)

Over the last several years, there has been an explosion of interest and attention devoted to the problem of Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) in cli...
3:20 PM
3:20 PM
Greetings in Gather.Town
1 hour, 3:20 PM EDT - 4:20 PM EDT

Social

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