ANTH 206 Lecture Notes - Justifiers, Old Ale, Climate Engineering
5 Jun 2012
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Climate change is intimately and ultimately about culture. Scientists have a monopoly on legitimate knowledge about climate change. When people don"t agree, it"s because they don"t understand. These people must be taught about climate change. The more we know about climate change, the more we will change to prevent it. Science tends to take meaning/ethics/agency out of climate change. Regarding the issue as purely environmental with a purely technological solution. Non-scientists" perspectives on climate changes are valid too. People are skeptical about scientific climate change because of what they know, not because of what they don"t know. These disagreements lead to constructive dialogue and democratic action. Means any viewpoint on global warming is legitimate. People have the right to their own values and facts. Experts assess the severity of environmental risk by how many deaths/injuries are caused by it per unit time.
