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                                             December 28, 2010


                                          HYPERART
   Hypertext narrative might be
   used to try to make the reader
   more comfortable with uncertainty.

   Begin with an outline of facts,         The "scenario planning" version:
   ask a question ("what kind of
   people would do this?"), present            Instead of a single
   multiple narrative lines making             global warming alarmist
   different assumptions about                 scenario, choose a range
   character, leading up to the same,          of possibilities, present
   known, outcome.                             a series of futures, not
                                               just one future "universe".

       If you're using True Facts,                        SCALING_SIMILARITY
       then juggle names as needed
       to evade libel, and *also*
       to provide clarity.

          Remind the reader that
          A-prime is not A.


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