The class only established two criteria for proving a papers legitimacy. The criteria were good, however, I believe it would have been helpful if there had been more so it was not so broad. The "is this paper legitimate currently" criteria made it a little difficult to prove the papers legitimacy because I personally believe that the paper is not legit today, however, may have more been legitimate when it was first published.
3. Reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of the presentations as a whole. Consider the "yes" and "no" groups as a whole.
Of the yes and no presentations I found that overall the no groups went into the least detail when explaining many topics of the paper. This seemed like a good strategy because it seemed to bring about the least debate. The yes groups did a good job of explaining the specifics on why some graphs and figures were not legitimate, but they also dug themselves a hole in this manner because of a lack of proof. Both sides had their strengths and weaknesses, but in my opinion their was a larger percentages of the class that did not personally believe the paper to be legitimate.
4. Reflect on the group management of your group. What went well, what did not?
The effort of my group members was pretty much even between all of us. Outside of class we did most of our work through google docs to share ideas and put together the presentation. We had Jake present on our material because he is generally a clear and composed speaker, also he spent a little less time on the research portion. We could have spent a little more time researching the legitimacy of some of the graphs seeing that was a hot topic.
5. Reflect on the personal "ethic" you felt in your group. Did you believe in your position? Where you arguing against your beliefs?
I did not believe in my position. From the start I found the paper to be very poorly written when compared to many of the other research papers I have read. Once I started researching the paper I found myself believing less and less of its legitimacy.
6. Did the class make the correct decision when considering the broader impacts of the global warming/climate change debate? Why?
I believe the class made the correct decision in the end. However, I also think people true vote was pretty skewed by the fact that points were awarded to the side that won.
7. Explain the statement, "What we do in the US, soon will not matter." Provide evidence to justify this statement.
This statement touches on the fact that the U.S. is quickly being shadowed out by developing countries such as China and India in our overall contribution to global climate change.
8. Explain this statement, "What we do as individuals matters." Provide evidence to justify this statement.
What we do as individuals matters
What we do as individuals matters because collectively changes in peoples lifestyles and habits can have the largest positive impact on the environment. Whether someone personally believes in climate change; less wasteful and environmentally harmful habits can eventually improve all peoples quality of life.
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