> 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.
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.
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?