Australia's largest stock trading and investment forum Australia's #1 stock forum

Bring the hammer down - 'climate change deniers are dangerous' and being banished from The Conversation, page-1738

First 1738 Last

Share
Profile

Follow
jeremycbrowne

2,143 Posts.

44

09/10/19

16:27

Post #: 40798418
Share

Originally posted by redpencil: ↑

Getting back to the OP, The Conversation today has a great piece on climate change science deniers
https://theconversation.com/climate...e-still-think-climate-change-isnt-real-124763

This bit stands out and is clearly.

"A large and growing empirical literature is exploring what drives denial. Personality is a factor: people are more likely to deny climate change if they’re inclined toward hierarchy and against changes to the status quo. Demographic factors also show an effect. Internationally, people who are less educated, older and more religious tend to discount climate change, with sex and income having a smaller effect.

Read more: Climate explained: Why are climate change skeptics often right-wing conservatives?

But the strongest predictor is one’s politics. An international synthesis of existing studies found that values, ideologies and political allegiances overshadowed other factors. In Western societies, political affiliation is the key factor, with conservative voters more likely to discount climate change. Globally, a person’s commitment to democratic values – or not in the case of deniers – is more significant.

Anyone for a grandiose response?

Expand

The credibility of The Conversation is somewhere between one and minus one.
1 Upvote

Reply

Top Stories

PME

Pro Medicus snaffles 5-year contract extension worth $32M for RIS technology

AUE

Aurum and Mako Gold pursue merger for gold development in West Africa

BM8

Battery Age Minerals gets set to capitalise on critical mineral demand

MKT

The ASX can overlook its Telecomm small-caps. Here’s one diversified brand with an international footprint

KAU

Kaiser Reef reports new A1 untapped gold zone – flags move past 'remnant mining'

There are more pages in this discussion • 487 more messages in this thread...

First 1738 Last