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Only climate deceptions matter in the Post-Fact Society
Canada Free Press ^ | March 15, 2010 | Dr. Tim Ball

Posted on 03/15/2010 5:21:31 PM PDT by Ablesinner

n his book “True Enough: Learning to live in a Post-Fact Society” Farhad Manjoo claims: “Facts no longer matter. We simply decide how we want to see the world and then go out and find experts and evidence to back our beliefs.” I am not sure this is a modern phenomenon. There are more experts and evidence available but people always seek confirmation of their prejudice. Expectation of a positive response is jarred when the answer is no. Consider what happens when you ask someone to pass the salt and the answer is no. At a conference of elected officials I was asked, “What is the one piece of advice you would give us?” I replied, “Stop hiring the consultants that tell you what you want to hear.” They responded with silence, so I added, “But that is not what you wanted to hear.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: climatechange; gore; obama

1 posted on 03/15/2010 5:21:31 PM PDT by Ablesinner
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Ah yes.... we truly are living in the Age of Deception.


2 posted on 03/15/2010 5:59:24 PM PDT by Asfarastheeastisfromthewest... (“The urge to save humanity is almost always a false-face for the urge to rule it.”....Mencken)
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Beam me to Planet Gore !

3 posted on 03/15/2010 6:05:40 PM PDT by steelyourfaith (Warmists as "traffic light" apocalyptics: "Greens too yellow to admit they're really Reds."-Monckton)
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