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Global warming systemically caused Hurricane Sandy

George Lakoff, professor emeritus of linguistics | November 5, 2012

Yes, global warming systemically caused Hurricane Sandy — and the Midwest droughts and the fires in Colorado and Texas, as well as other extreme weather disasters around the world. Let’s say it out loud, it was causation, systemic causation. Systemic causation is familiar. Smoking is a systemic cause of lung cancer. HIV is a systemic … Continue reading »