> It doesn't work that way. Not in actual reality, but it works just fine in virtual reality, which is what people are actually observing when they contemplate

> It doesn't work that way. Not in actual reality, but it works just fine in virtual reality, which is what people are actually observing when they contemplate reality. I continue to worry that improving on our (be it mainly Western people or all people, I don't know) inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality at least to some degree may be a pre-requisite to adequately solving climate change. I simply can't see how it isn't an extremely important variable. If intelligent people can't be bothered to wonder what is true, how do we expect climate "denialists" to manage it?