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> 1. Constant crying wolf about climate change. I've been told we're "10 years away from climate catostrophe" since I was a kid in the 90s. But this time it's r

> 1. Constant crying wolf about climate change. I've been told we're "10 years away from climate catostrophe" since I was a kid in the 90s. But this time it's really about to happen, right? A large part of the problem is that it's "we have 10 years to fix stuff, otherwise it will get really uncomfortable in 100 years". Followed by "ok, we didn't do anything and we will be kind of screwed, but if we don't correct course now things will be even worse in 90 years". But the big bad is always too far away for people to feel the consequences, so they feel like nothing happened. Of course the other part is people running with fringe scenarios like "Europe will freeze over in a couple years".

mrguyorama 3y ago
Never forget that 20% of Americans reject the concept of evolution outright, up to and including admitting they believe the earth to be less than 10k years old https://ncse.ngo/just-how-many-young-earth-creationists-are-there-us https://ncse.ngo/just-how-many-young-earth-creationists-are-... American christianity refuses to acknowledged reality, so of course they don't care that scientists say the earth is warming because all of science is a Devil's plot to make them stop believing in God. Seriously, it's that simple. As many as 20% of Americans simply have no fucking clue how the earth works and refuse to accept anything from any "expert" because they legitimately believe it to be a test of their religion. No evidence will ever convince them because they abandoned reality and evidence from the very beginning!