No where in my statement did I say that I agreed with anything, just that constant "false predictions" causes people to quit listening.
But as you have proved, reading comprehension can be a big part as well.
You are remembering a fringe theory amigo. If that's what you expected to happen, it's because you were listening to fringe scientists.
You are continuing to listen to fringe scientists.
Science happens in public, so you will hear all sorts of different theories thrown out. If you are latching onto these and then perceiving divergence from them later on as "creating a loss of trust," that's on you. It means you are incapable of reasoning about the world and is probably something you should try to address yourself instead of externalizing blame.
You keep harping on my beliefs, but I have not stated them. I did not believe in an ice age, and I have already stated that I believe in climate change. Why do you keep trying to talk about what I personally believe when you dont even know what they are?
When have I hurt you in the past? Go back to the article on what it is about. I am only trying to add to the discussion on what could be a cause.
I understand the dynamic you're pointing to, but it's simply not something that's solvable from the institutional/scientific-community side. We cannot allow institutions to actually control media, nor can we allow science to "go private."
The responsibility, which you and I both should reaffirm, is that individuals need to better manage their own information ecosystem and diet!
Do you have another solution?
As for solutions? What about ramifications for any media that cannot backup what it says? What about people being held responsible for what they spread?
> As for solutions? What about ramifications for any media that cannot backup what it says? What about people being held responsible for what they spread?
I mean... effectively not possible in the US (First Amendment). Gnarly situation as the cost of producing bullshit plummets to zero, or goes negative since you can earn money from it, while the cost to find and publish truth continues to rise.
It has its warts, but the first amendment needs to be protected.