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Re:Massive Government Report Says Climate Is Warming and Hum... by x3iv130f on Thursday November 02, 2017 @04:48PM (#15614160)
I'm willing to be that many of his family and friends are Conservative, his trusted sources of information are Conservative, and that the famous people and politicians he looks up to are Conservative. All those authority figures in his life are likely unanimous is denying climate change.

Then since he self-identifies as Conservative there's a very strong desire to be consistent with those beliefs and community.

Being intelligent doesn't mean you're suddenly immune to psychological tricks and ploys. If anything it can be used to make more sophisticated sophistries.

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Re:Massive Government Report Says Climate Is Warming and Hum... by creaghpatr on Thursday November 02, 2017 @05:10PM (#15614324)
>Being intelligent doesn't mean you're suddenly immune to psychological tricks and ploys. If anything it can be used to make more sophisticated sophistries.

And yet here you are being extremely presumptuous about some person's background, motivations, and intelligence because they are labeled 'conservative'. Bigotry aside, that's just poor logic.

I have to assume you would be equally presumptuous when it comes to interpreting the scope of climate change.

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Re:Massive Government Report Says Climate Is Warming and Hum... by Veelox on Thursday November 02, 2017 @06:08PM (#15614752)
Upton Sinclair said "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!"

Another way to put it is that it is difficult to get a man to believe something when everyone one he loves and respects does not believe it. I think that was the explication being provided.

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