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Climate change deniers not stupid, just trying to fit in, says study ( BARF ALERT!)
Death and Taxes Magazine ^ | May 28th 2012 | DJ Pangburn

Posted on 05/28/2012 10:27:29 AM PDT by AmonAmarth

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Should be rewritten as: Climate Change Promoters Not Greedy - Just Trying To Cash In


21 posted on 05/28/2012 3:26:17 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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22 posted on 05/28/2012 9:04:41 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Occupy DC General Assembly: We are Marxist tools. WE ARE MARXIST TOOLS!)
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I have had a lifelong interest in science and have seen many theories come, go or change.

I remember when plate tectonics was hooted out of the classroom and the idea that an asteroid hit the Earth and doomed dinosaurs was similarly derided.

Weighing all the evidence I have seen, the “skeptics” arguments are far more compelling.

The Warming Alarmists have laid all their eggs in a carbon dioxide basket, and it seems that to blame a gas that makes up 0.039445% of our atmosphere is quite a stretch.


23 posted on 05/28/2012 9:19:52 PM PDT by eddie willers
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To be specific, people have a rather solid foundation in science and mathematics, but they use scientific evidence to fit their cultural group’s values. In other words, global warming deniers aren’t stupid, they just want to fit in.

Fit in? FIT IN???? You have to have nerves of steel, extremely large titanium testicles, and no desire to ever receive another research grant to be a "denier". (note the derogatory term reserved for those on only one side of the issue, and the more open-minded side at that)

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24 posted on 05/28/2012 9:29:10 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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”At least among ordinary members of the public, individuals with higher science comprehension are even better at fitting the evidence to their group commitments.”

So the scrambling begins to negate all the counter-AGW evidence that's been emerging (and that they probably know even better than we that WILL be emerging). They need a strategy in place to try to keep the whole thing from coming down around their heads.

25 posted on 05/28/2012 9:32:56 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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