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I have talked to many people on this. I don't think you can teach the ignorant people facts. I wonder if you taught them philosophy, if all would fall into pla

I have talked to many people on this. I don't think you can teach the ignorant people facts. I wonder if you taught them philosophy, if all would fall into place.

goda90 7y ago
Philosophy will help, but they need facts early on. For instance a knowledge of basic chemistry would help a bunch. On social media I saw an older gentleman who's been involved in a quite technical field all his life, but he makes incorrect statements regarding climate change like "we don't know how carbon moves in the environment". The basics of chemistry would help him see that we have a very clear picture of most parts of the carbon cycle.
lucb1e 7y ago
(Note: I edited out a big chunk of text that contained personal details that I am not sure I want to have set in stone online. I think the comment still makes sense, but in case it doesn't, please just ask to clarify how statement B logically follows from statement A, or in case A seems to be missing altogether, just how come I think B is true.) My world view changed dramatically over the past, say, five years, with all the news that has been coming at us, friends that talk about it, and a tiny bit of research (actually that's just opening Wikipedia whenever someone on reddit says something that sounds off). Climate change wasn't a big topic for me before that, partially because my parents hardly talked about it, school barely mentioned it, and I didn't have to make many choices of my own. Now I do and now it's also a bunch in the news, and now I also bring it up with friends and talk about it to colleagues. It just takes time to spread through society. I don't agree that there is a certain group of "ignorant people" that can never be taught versus <insert name for the opposing group>, especially when you put it in a way that makes it sound like the group of ignorant people on this planet that can never be taught is very large. > I wonder if you taught them philosophy What does that have to do with anything? I don't know exactly what philosophy is, but I'm pretty sure I don't need it to understand that the climate is going to shit from our carbon-based waste gases.

I have talked to many people on this. I don't think you can teach the ignorant people facts. I wonder if you taught them philosophy, if all would fall into place.

goda90 7y ago

Philosophy will help, but they need facts early on. For instance a knowledge of basic chemistry would help a bunch. On social media I saw an older gentleman who's been involved in a quite technical field all his life, but he makes incorrect statements regarding climate change like "we don't know how carbon moves in the environment". The basics of chemistry would help him see that we have a very clear picture of most parts of the carbon cycle.

lucb1e 7y ago

(Note: I edited out a big chunk of text that contained personal details that I am not sure I want to have set in stone online. I think the comment still makes sense, but in case it doesn't, please just ask to clarify how statement B logically follows from statement A, or in case A seems to be missing altogether, just how come I think B is true.) My world view changed dramatically over the past, say, five years, with all the news that has been coming at us, friends that talk about it, and a tiny bit of research (actually that's just opening Wikipedia whenever someone on reddit says something that sounds off). Climate change wasn't a big topic for me before that, partially because my parents hardly talked about it, school barely mentioned it, and I didn't have to make many choices of my own. Now I do and now it's also a bunch in the news, and now I also bring it up with friends and talk about it to colleagues. It just takes time to spread through society. I don't agree that there is a certain group of "ignorant people" that can never be taught versus <insert name for the opposing group>, especially when you put it in a way that makes it sound like the group of ignorant people on this planet that can never be taught is very large. > I wonder if you taught them philosophy What does that have to do with anything? I don't know exactly what philosophy is, but I'm pretty sure I don't need it to understand that the climate is going to shit from our carbon-based waste gases.