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New Study Uncovers the "Keystone Domino" Strategy of Climate Denial
Since all threads related to climate change have to be moved to the Science & Technology subforum, I'll have to post this article I found today here. It's about the explanation as to why there are so many climate deniers despites there being scientific evidences that we're causing it.
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Currently, I'm dealing with one climate denier on Disquis who's arguing to me that polar bear populations aren't in any real danger from climate change and has been linking me these questionable sources. I linked him to one of Skeptical Science's page that debunks the claim, but he won't budge. Putting that aside, what do you guys think of this new study? |
While this does Great at destroying one popular strawman; it does nothing for the many others.
I've seen claims made such as: "We cannot possibly yet have enough data to assess global warming yet"/"We understand too little about Earth's Climate"; "We cannot possibly produce enough emissions to warm the planet, because X many of Y animals produce Z tines more metric tons of greenhouse gasses than we do currently or ever will."; Or even the ever pesky and difficult to destroy idea that "Climate Change/Global Warming was made up by X because of Y for Z purpose" All that said; I am generally skeptical of the idea that we've caused much change as a species; but I'm also equally skeptical of the reasons we aren't the cause of climate changes. So I in essence don't oppose anything we can do to curb things that we know that factually can contribute to climate change; even if the amount of impact it has is highly debatable. These scientific advances, that such legislation encourages, carry other benefits as well anyways. |
Their solution, of scientists getting "out there" more seems to jive with what I've heard/read about how to overcome people's resistance to facts. A lot people's resistance is reinforced by their impression that the people in support of counter beliefs are shills or politically motivated or otherwise untrustworthy people. But talking with people, showing them that you're human, treating them like they're human, can do a lot to overcome some of the distance between people. But we'd have to be the ones to go to them. The mountain won't come to Muhammad.
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