Dumbest Climate Study Ever?!: ‘The effect of temperature on language complexity’ – Claims: ‘Climate change could reduce the speech complexity & productivity of politicians’
The peer-reviewed paper is “The effect of temperature on language complexity: Evidence from seven million parliamentary speeches” by Risto Conte Keivabu and Tobias Widmann in Cell.
Here, as the wrote them, are the “highlights” of the paper:
"Heat has been associated with decreased productivity and cognitive performance
We find warmer temperatures to reduce language complexity of politicians
In Germany, we observe a larger effect of warm days on older politicians
Climate change could reduce the speech complexity and productivity of politicians"
In this article, we leverage information on parliamentary speeches to focus on one of these outcomes: language complexity (which could serve as a potential proxy for cognitive performance).
https://www.climatedepot.com/2024/06/27/dumbest-climate-study-ever-the-effect-of-temperature-on-language-complexity-claims-climate-change-could-reduce-the-speech-complexity-productivity-of-politicians/
