Re:Climate change and nutrient pollution are depleting oxyge...
by bayarrhea on Sunday December 08, 2019 @11:21AM
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No, it’s because those people have a deep mistrust of science and expertise, and using as much oil as possible is tied into some weird, macho, and at times oddly Christian identity, and suggesting that that’s harmful is threatening to them.
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Re:Climate change and nutrient pollution are depleting oxyge...
by acidburnNSA on Sunday December 08, 2019 @11:41AM
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Anti-scientific thinking transcends political and gender identities in the USA. It can be traced at least as far back as Esalen institute stuff, and likely much farther.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/how-ame...
It's partially our governments fault for doing things like when the Atomic Energy Commission got caught being fraudulent about what killed 5000 sheep after the 1953 Upshot-Knothole nuclear weapons test series. When the top scientific institutions lose credibility, where we are today seems at least a little inevitable.
https://www.nytimes.com/1986/02/09/magazine/downwind-from-th...