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So climate change deniers are engaging in gaslighting, but you don't think we should do anything to stop them... because maybe one of them stumbles on a scienti

• dlivingston 4y ago
  > So climate change deniers are engaging in gaslighting Sometimes. Oftentimes they have just been lied to by political or cultural institutions that they trust. > but you don't think we should do anything to stop them It greatly depends on the context. In the case of ads on Twitter, I have no opinion as I'm not familiar enough with the nuances of this action to make a judgement. > because maybe one of them stumbles on a scientific breakthrough That's a misreading of my comment. My point was that a serious climate scientist may be afraid of pushing past the boundaries for fear of going against the very real orthodoxy. The orthodoxy, by the way, is a social thing, not a science thing. Many scientists have gotten 'cancelled' by randos on Twitter for publishing standard research.