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Re:Massive Government Report Says Climate Is Warming and Hum... by crispinb on Thursday November 02, 2017 @04:36PM (#15614064)
> Yet, I have no idea what that root cause could be. Any ideas?

I don't know, and haven't read anything remotely convincing yet. Accounts based on individual psychology (cognitive biases etc) don't do the job, as this form of irrationalism is peculiarly concentrated in parts of the Anglosphere (notably the US, Australia, and the UK). An explanation can only emerge from the domain of history and/or culture: what has made these regions so distinctly dysfunctional?

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Re:Massive Government Report Says Climate Is Warming and Hum... by oldboyFX on Thursday November 02, 2017 @06:00PM (#15614693)
Are you trying to argue that the US, Australia and the UK are the most irrational and dysfunctional countries in the world?
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Re:Massive Government Report Says Climate Is Warming and Hum... by crispinb on Friday November 03, 2017 @02:02AM (#15616967)
No.

Not 'most irrational/dysfunctional' in any sense beyond the topic at hand:

> this form of irrationalism

Nor 'most in the world':

> is peculiarly concentrated

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