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Climate Denial and Covid-19 Denial

August 13, 2024March 30, 2020 by Dave
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Those who are in denial about climate science are the same people who are now rejecting medical science. COVID-19 is supposedly no big deal

Categories Fake News, science, society Tags Climate Change, COVID-19, denial, science, SOCIETY Leave a comment

Climate Denier: “I’m Not Relying on Evidence”

February 4, 2020February 4, 2020 by Dave
"I'm Not Relying on Evidence"

When asked why he does not accept that humans are responsible for climate change, Senator Jim Molen says “”I’m Not Relying on Evidence”.

Categories Climate Change, media, news, science Tags Climate Change, denial, evidence, Hamish Macdonald, jim molan, Michael E. Mann, Q&A Leave a comment

Why is Climate Change denial popular?

April 4, 2020January 24, 2020 by Dave
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Why does an outright rejection of scientific fact happen? Climate change denial appears to be rather popular in some quarters.

Categories Climate Change, Fake News, science, society Tags climate, denial Leave a comment

Climate Change: Countering Misinformation

October 22, 2023June 13, 2019 by Dave
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What should you do when faced with climate misinformation, is there a science-based strategy that can be deployed? Yes there is – the 4D project is one example.

Categories Climate Change, Critical Thinking, news, science, Skepticism Tags Climate Change, denial, global warming, Inoculation, Misconception-Based Learning, misinformation, skepticism, Technocognition Leave a comment

Climate Denial – Why do people change their minds?

August 3, 2020April 19, 2019 by Dave
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Why do some who adopted a previous hardline stance change their minds completely, what persuades them they were wrong?

Categories Climate Change, People, Skeptic news, Skepticism Tags climate, climate denial, denial Leave a comment

Popular Climate Change denial Myths

August 13, 2024December 4, 2018 by Dave
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Katharine Hayhoe is not only a professor and director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University, but she is also the lead author on volumes one and two of the fourth national climate assessment. This means that she will find herself being faced again and again with climate change denialism and so she … Read more

Categories Climate Change, science Tags Climate Change, denial, myths Leave a comment
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