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The left ignores facts when it suits them as well, but with different subjects. See race and IQ correlation, gender wage gap, implicit association test.
Race-IQ correlation? Really? Do tell.
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>>For example, "95% of climate scientists agree" is not a fact about global warming. It's a fact about climate scientists, and at best a rumor about climate change. If 95% of climate scientists agree that something is a fact, that is not "at best a rumor" about climate change.
> If 95% of climate scientists agree that something is a fact, that is not "at best a rumor" about climate change. True, but if you're a big enough pedant and chase down what is actually behind the "95% of climate scientists agree" claim, you'll discover it's not actually what it's sold as, which is a shame because I believe there's probably more than enough genuine evidence that resorting to this sort of thing is un…
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> How about "why don't facts change people's minds about global warming"? I have always thought it was either the lack of the ability to understand the facts, or the shear unwillingness to actually look at the facts.
What about the way the information is often presented to the average person as a justification for policy change. How often does the average person encounter information about global warming devoid of an attempt to change policy in relation to the information? That alone would cause reason for a person doubt the authenticity of the information since the source is seen as biased. Add in how badly news organizations bu…
Few understand that climate change is still very much a solvable problem, and that our success crucially depends on building the political will for new policies around carbon pricing and land use — and that, in turn, hinges on creating an understanding for the scales at which such policies must and can enact change. The current mainstream discourse, on the other hand, is half fatalistic cynicism, and half turn-off-the-lights-and-reuse-your-plastic-bags blather.
Ergo, talking about policy change is important, no?