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Re:Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industri... by hotpotamus on Monday June 06, 2022 @07:54AM (#31639318)
The last decade or so for me have really confirmed the old fable of "The Emperor's New Clothes" or the Upton Sinclair quote, "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it."

I never understood how people could believe such obviously foolish things. I think part of it for me is just getting older, but I also think the last decade has just been more blatant in a lot of ways.

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Re:Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industri... by hindsightbias on Monday June 06, 2022 @10:16AM (#31640798)
I think the PG version would be:

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his identity depends upon his not understanding it."

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