CT302 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Climate Change Denial, The Deniers, List Of Civilisations In The Culture Series
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Claiming that climate change is a plot to steal american freedom is rather tame 32. Organizers go to some lengths to mimic credible scientific conferences just one letter off from that of the world"s leading authority on climate change 33. Most of the speakers are not even scientists but rather lobbyists. Disagreement is the lifeblood of any intellectual gathering. Precipitous collapse of media coverage of climate change 34. When public opinion on the big social and political issues changes, the trends tend to be relatively gradual 35. Republicans have overwhelmingly chosen to reject the scientific consensus 36 (dropped starkly from 2007-2011, then began to rise) Attributes the tight correlation between worldview and acceptance of climate science to cultural cognition . It is easier the deny reality than to allow our worldview to be shattered, a fact that was true of die-hard stalinists 37.
