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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
Discounting
HI.
"This study breaks new ground twice: first by identifying what is controlling the cloud changes and second by strongly discounting the lowest estimates of future global warming in favour of the higher and more damaging estimates." [From The Independent.]
Does discounting mean disregarding in the context?
Thank you.
"This study breaks new ground twice: first by identifying what is controlling the cloud changes and second by strongly discounting the lowest estimates of future global warming in favour of the higher and more damaging estimates." [From The Independent.]
Does discounting mean disregarding in the context?
Thank you.
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Anonymous Does discounting mean disregarding in the context? No. It is not disregarding, but assigning much less weight (or probability) to the lowest estimates
- Anonymous Does discounting mean disregarding in the context?
- No.
- It is not disregarding, but assigning much less weight (or probability) to the lowest estimates
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AnonymousDoes discounting mean disregarding in the context?No. It is not disregarding, but assigning much less weight (or probability) to the lowest estimates
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