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Honestly, sensational headlines like this are why so many people have a difficult time buying into climate change. If the media would present it as it actually
by Phylter 7y ago
Honestly, sensational headlines like this are why so many people have a difficult time buying into climate change. If the media would present it as it actually is then I think more people would get on board.
- bayarrhea 7y agoNo, it’s because those people have a deep mistrust of science and expertise, and using as much oil as possible is tied into some weird, macho, and at times oddly Christian identity, and suggesting that that’s harmful is threatening to them.
- acidburnNSA 7y agoAnti-scientific thinking transcends political and gender identities in the USA. It can be traced at least as far back as Esalen institute stuff, and likely much farther. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/how-america-lost-its-mind/534231/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/how-ame... It's partially our governments fault for doing things like when the Atomic Energy Commission got caught being fraudulent about what killed 5000 sheep after the 1953 Upshot-Knothole nuclear weapons test series. When the top scientific institutions lose credibility, where we are today seems at least a little inevitable. https://www.nytimes.com/1986/02/09/magazine/downwind-from-the-bomb.html https://www.nytimes.com/1986/02/09/magazine/downwind-from-th...
- fuckoffhn 7y agoDoesn’t make the science wrong.
- the_narrator 7y agoThat is the problem. Without actual proof of something, sensational headlines are mandatory.
- adamsea 7y agoOh my god dude go home
- dwaltrip 7y agohttps://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/ https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/ https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/syr/ https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/syr/ Baseless, uninformed skepticism is bad.
- imtringued 7y agoNo the problem is that the evidence is boring and people have a hard time understanding how abstract numbers will affect their daily lives.
- the_narrator 7y agoI agree, this is true. In this particular case though, there has been sensationalism for decades now - it tends to have the opposite of the intended effect.
- chiefalchemist 7y agoPut another way, headlines that get clicks are prioritized over headlines that do not. Facts aren't important. Eyeballs are.