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This is obviously not true. There are certainly people that are skeptical and do not have their identities attached to "denialism."
by wuliwong 7y ago
This is obviously not true. There are certainly people that are skeptical and do not have their identities attached to "denialism."
- kazinator 7y agoThe question is, have they ever accepted a logical argument backed by rational evidence even if it clashed with their world view?
- crispinb 7y agoThe neurotic attachment is to the political/economic status quo. As they know this is incompatible with dealing with climate collapse, motivated cognition leads them to climate change denialism. This is not remotely 'skepticism', rather a kind of nostalgic credulity.