tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post2821531024616729316..comments2024-03-22T06:05:36.544-04:00Comments on Kids Prefer Cheese: Environmental Preferences: An Innie or an Outie?Mungowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02340064320347875601noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-77341886623931643742011-08-03T10:41:17.166-04:002011-08-03T10:41:17.166-04:00The authors use the terms "denialist" an...The authors use the terms "denialist" and "climate change denial." Either they don't know or don't care that these terms are used in a pejorative way in popular discourse. Objectivity? Why bother?!<br /><br />I should read the article to find out what the "five indicators" are; google wasn't much help. From the abstract, they seem to think that CWMs (and me) don't know that the climate changes. Oh, dear! The climate changes; every one with an elementary education knows that much. The extent of humanity's role in it is a question, but the three big issues that separate the sides cannot be captured by the term "denialist".<br /><br />1. Will climate change be dramatic?<br />2. Will climate change be strongly deleterious?<br /><br />3. Even given #1 and #2, is Congress or the UN competent to deal with the situation?<br /><br />The authors (as it seems) can't even discover what the debate is about or disguise their bias.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08574355302581451838noreply@blogger.com