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The most interesting thing I found was that a strong majority, everywhere, claims to trust climate scientists about global warming. But huge areas of the countr
by NoGravitas 10y ago
The most interesting thing I found was that a strong majority, everywhere, claims to trust climate scientists about global warming. But huge areas of the country disbelieve the fact that most scientists think global warming is happening! I'm not sure whether this reflects widespread cognitive dissonance, or merely demonstrates the effectiveness of propaganda.
- josephorjoe 10y agoEffective propaganda creates cognitive dissonance. It seems it is likely easier to convince people scientists don't believe something than it is to convince them scientists are stupid or lying. I guess all you need is one of those "He Said/She Said" TV interviews where you get one of the vast majority of scientists who believe something on one side and one of the minority who disagree on the other side, and then the conclusion is drawn: "Scientists evenly split on the issue! No actionable information is available from Science!"