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> why don't we trust our scientists and climatologists? 1) I don't think local news media has helped last few decades. The constant reports of study that say "
by snomad 9y ago
> why don't we trust our scientists and climatologists?
1) I don't think local news media has helped last few decades. The constant reports of study that say "X" bad, followed by no no "X" is good (all the while both studies were describing tiny results) has led to distrust.
2) Govt funding of stupid studies creates image where researchers are scam artists who provide results by money
3) Lots of research is done by universities. Growing dissatisfaction with university system being projected onto researchers therein.
4) It was always sold wrong. It should have been sold as energy independence (freedom) not a burden (we need to change how we are doing things and limit ourselves).
- mikeash 9y agoI think it's also important to mention 5) decades of political propaganda painting climate science as a political issue, because Republicans found it advantageous to use as a wedge issue. I think just about everyone I've talked to who doesn't believe in climate change arrived at that position from spending lots and lots of time listening to Rush Limbaugh or similar.
- triangleman 9y agoSeriously? This is HN, there are plenty of climate skeptics here, and I would guess that 0-5% of them listen to Rush Limbaugh or similar. Perhaps they are simply people with a scientific mind and came to different conclusions after evaluating the evidence independently?
- polotics 9y agoThe word "simply" sadly does not apply to climate modelling, reaching conclusions simply usually means lots of confirmation bias, and a foregone output. How do you know there are plenty of any opinion on HN?
- DiNovi 9y agoHe's projecting his own skepticism onto others; assuming since he reached his conclusion "many others" must have as well.
- vilmosi 9y agoNo, I'm pretty sure they are all listening to Rush Limbaugh or similar characters as there is no-one else in the world thinking this to be true. If you follow all their links, they all converge to a few right wing, US based, sources. I know this is a broad generalisation, but in this case, I believe it to be true.
- mikeash 9y agoSeriously. Of the ones whose media habits I've found, it's always like that. That doesn't apply to HN. I rarely if ever figure out what the commenters here are watching or listening to. But I would be surprised if they were much different.