In healthcare, we have people who think they know better than the doctors and medical scientists. In climate change, it’s arguably even more offensive. Here, we have the climate deniers who claim that the true cause of our warming temperatures …
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The Age of the Earth
It would be interesting to know what percentage of our neighbors take the Book of Genesis literally and believe that the Earth is 6000 years old. I suppose it depends on what we mean by “neighbors” and/or where we live, …
What To Do (And What Not To Do) About Climate Deniers
I don’t want to see climate deniers in public office any more that Leonardo DiCaprio, but I disagree with him here. Restricting people from government who are unscientific in their thinking is an unsupportable idea, if only because it’s unconstitutional. …
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Some Climate Deniers Are Digging in Their Heels
This July is the hottest one in history, but it’s only one of many broken temperature records that has caused some climate deniers to change their positions on global warming. Some, but not all. At left, Fox News interviews Steve …
No, We Don’t All Have a Basic Grasp of Science, But the Problem Lies Even Deeper
Actually, I never assumed that everyone, or even most people, had a basic grasp of science. What has shocked me is how many people openly reject entire scientific disciplines that fly in the teeth of their political or religious beliefs. …
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How Concerned Should We Be about Denial of Science?
It’s easy to see where Harrison Ford is coming from here. Personally, I’m not too concerned about the denial of science in its most visible forms, e.g., QAnon and the flat Earthers. Even the COVID and climate deniers don’t scare …
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Intellectual Humility Is as Out of Fashion as Bell-Bottom Jeans
The quote at left has been attributed to many of the world’s wisest people. Certainly the concept of Socratic Wisdom, i.e., “if I’m wise in any sense it’s because I know nothing,” goes back 2300+ years. This from ThoughtCo.com: Socratic …
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Understanding Climate Denialism
There is a great deal of truth here, but the disinformation campaigns would have been dismissed with a round jeer if we didn’t have so many “ignorant yokels.” This, from Isaac Asimov in 1980: There is a cult of ignorance …
Republicans Are Just Astonishing
There are several aspects to the Republican platform that are simply astounding. A notable example is the ban on abortion. A woman’s right to choose is a strongly held belief of almost all women, and the vast majority of men. …
Addressing Climate Change
In response to my post Quantifying Sea-Level Rise, in which I asserted that our pathetic response to global warming is less about stupidity than it is about selfishness and greed, senior energy analyst Glenn Doty writes: I agree in part… …
