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At this point in time people who deny climate change is occurring are impervious to logic and reason. They are like people who deny evolution or the people who

by skh 8y ago

At this point in time people who deny climate change is occurring are impervious to logic and reason. They are like people who deny evolution or the people who believe the Earth is around 10,000 years old. Nothing is going to convince them they are wrong. It's too burdensome to ask that all articles about the detrimental effects of climate change present a proof of said claims. At some point in time it's pointless to engage in an endless reproving of claims that most sane people already believe in.

calcifer 8y ago
Honestly, the fact that your comment is downvoted speaks volumes about the audience here. The people who deny climate change are no different than antivaxxers.
- skh 8y ago
  That is a more apt comparison. I was trying to think of one that didn't have the appearance of being anti-religious. Yes, they are like anti-vaxxers.
temp64201292 8y ago
It is actually more than pointless to argue with these people, as many of them actively engage in conspiracy theories: https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFallacies/74/Conspiracy_Theory https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFalla... I personally know someone with the belief that climate change is a political conspiracy. Any evidence to support climate change just points to a bigger "cover-up" and validates their beliefs. Almost always this is not an isolated belief but a pattern of thinking, and the person holds similar conspiracy theory beliefs about other issues. This is not a political left/right issue (the person I happen to know happens to be a left-wing conspiracy theorist). This is an issue of mild paranoid psychosis that is not being recognized and treated seriously because the symptoms are not very disturbing to others, and the people suffering from it happen to be relatively high-functioning. Eventually as these people age the symptoms get worse and they end up driving those close to them away.
- southern_cross 8y ago
  Actually, those folks going around saying "we're all doomed, because climate change" are also suffering from a form of psychosis. More people should be recognizing this, too.

by skh 8y ago

calcifer 8y ago

Honestly, the fact that your comment is downvoted speaks volumes about the audience here. The people who deny climate change are no different than antivaxxers.

skh 8y ago
That is a more apt comparison. I was trying to think of one that didn't have the appearance of being anti-religious. Yes, they are like anti-vaxxers.

temp64201292 8y ago

It is actually more than pointless to argue with these people, as many of them actively engage in conspiracy theories: https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFallacies/74/Conspiracy_Theory https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFalla... I personally know someone with the belief that climate change is a political conspiracy. Any evidence to support climate change just points to a bigger "cover-up" and validates their beliefs. Almost always this is not an isolated belief but a pattern of thinking, and the person holds similar conspiracy theory beliefs about other issues. This is not a political left/right issue (the person I happen to know happens to be a left-wing conspiracy theorist). This is an issue of mild paranoid psychosis that is not being recognized and treated seriously because the symptoms are not very disturbing to others, and the people suffering from it happen to be relatively high-functioning. Eventually as these people age the symptoms get worse and they end up driving those close to them away.

southern_cross 8y ago
Actually, those folks going around saying "we're all doomed, because climate change" are also suffering from a form of psychosis. More people should be recognizing this, too.