|
|
Open Question: Does this explain the pathology of AGW denial? and more... Open Question: Does this explain the pathology of AGW denial?http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/12/climate-psychology/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+wired/index+(Wired:+Index+3+(Top+Stories+2)) The Psychology of Climate Change Denial By Brandon Keim December 9, 2009 | Even as the science of global warming gets stronger, fewer Americans believe it's real. In some ways, it's nearly as jarring a disconnect as enduring disbelief in evolution or carbon dating. And according to Kari Marie Norgaard, a Whitman College sociologist who's studied public attitudes towards climate science, we're in denial. "Our response to disturbing information is very complex. We negotiate it. We don't just take it in and respond in a rational way," said Norgaard. .. Wired.com: Why don't people seem to care? Kari Norgaard: On the one hand, there have been extremely well-organized, well-funded climate-skeptic campaigns. Those are backed by Exxon Mobil in particular, and the same PR firms who helped the tobacco industry (.pdf) deny the link between cancer and smoking are involved with magnifying doubt around climate change. That's extremely important, but my work has been in a different area. It's been about people who believe in science, who aren't out to question whether science has a place in society. Wired.com: People who are coming at the issue in good faith, you mean. What's their response? Norgaard: Climate change is disturbing. It's something we don't want to think about. So what we do in our everyday lives is create a world where it's not there, and keep it distant. For relatively privileged people like myself, we don't have to see the impact in everyday life. I can read about different flood regimes in Bangladesh, or people in the Maldives losing their islands to sea level rise, or highways in Alaska that are altered as permafrost changes. But that's not my life. We have a vast capacity for this. Wired.com: How is this bubble maintained? Norgaard: In order to have a positive sense of self-identity and get through the day, we're constantly being selective of what we think about and pay attention to. To create a sense of a good, safe world for ourselves, we screen out all kinds of information, from where food comes from to how our clothes our made. When we talk with our friends, we talk about something pleasant. Wired.com: How does this translate into skepticism about climate change? Norgaard: It's a paradox. Awareness has increased. There's been a lot more information available. This is much more in our face. And this is where the psychological defense mechanisms are relevant, especially when coupled with the fact that other people, as we've lately seen with the e-mail attacks, are systematically trying to create the sense that there's doubt. If I don't want to believe that climate change is true, that my lifestyle and high carbon emissions are causing devastation, then it's convenient to say that it doesn't. Wired.com: Is that what this comes down to — not wanting to confront our own roles? Norgaard: I think so. And the reason is that we don't have a clear sense of what we can do. Any community organizer knows that if you want people to respond to something, you need to tell them what to do, and make it seem do-able. Stanford University psychologist Jon Krosnick has studied this, and showed that people stop paying attention to climate change when they realize there's no easy solution. People judge as serious only those problems for which actions can be taken. Another factor is that we no longer have a sense of permanence. Another psychologist, Robert Lifton, wrote about what the existence of atomic bombs did to our psyche. There was a sense that the world could end at any moment. Global warming is the same in that it threatens the survival of our species. Psychologists tell us that it's very important to have a sense of the continuity of life. That's why we invest in big monuments and want our work to stand after we die and have our family name go on. That sense of continuity is being ruptured. But climate change has an added aspect that is very important. The scientists who built nuclear bombs felt guilt about what they did. Now the guilt is real for the broader public. Wired.com: So we don't want to believe climate change is happening, feel guilty that it is, and don't know what to do about it? So we pretend it's not a problem? Norgaard: Yes, but I don't want to make it seem crass. Sometimes people who are very empathetic are less likely to help in certain situations, because they're so disturbed by it. The human capacity of empathy is really profound, and that's part of our weakness. If we were more callous, then we'd approach it in a more straightforward way. It may be a weakness of our capacity as sentient beings to cope with this problem. Image: Greenpeace/Flickr "Cognitive and Behavioral Challenges in Responding to Climate Change," Norgaard's World Bank white paper. http://p Open Question: Why can't the webpage www.limewire.com open?It just stays white and the tab keeps on saying on loading.It takes forever until it eventually times out.I have no problem with other websites. My whole pc is up to date with all the updates.but it just can't seem to open that page.Help pls! Open Question: How can i get over my jealousy problems?My boyfriend of 11 months has friends that are girls, and girls that he has dated i've known for years.. before i knew him, and now that i know all the girls he has dated and stuff i am constantly paranoid that he is going to cheat on me, although he never hangs out with any of the friends that are girls.. but because he is old enough to go into clubs and pubs and i'm not, im scared girls will hit on him and stuff will happen, and all the girls he has dated i am very jealous of and i dislike them all... How can i get rid of this? Open Question: what to do with out of date crisps? eat them or take them back?i bought some chipsticks from the co op just now. didnt get a receipt and opened a packet thinking 'they taste different' looked at the date and it says 'best before- 05 12 09' (5 days ago) my mum is telling me to take them back immediately, my brother says throw them away and my dad says just eat them because it says best before and not use by. what should i do? i wont get food poisoning if i eat them will i? its just the quality which goes after a bes before date right? the problem about taking them back is that we live in the middle of knowhere, our nearest shop (the co op) takes 15 minutes to get there, i just got back and im hungry =] help? hmm... after eating a few and feeling that they taste suspicious.... shall throw in bin... i shan't complain to the only shop in our area... it'll cost me more in petrol to travel back there so ill just let em know nxt time Open Question: i am 23 dating a 42 year old divorced man for about 2 years now.i love this man and we are happy together.?we wanna get married next year but some of my friends think its a bad idea and feel i should marry a younger guy. personally i wanna be with this guy and his age aint a problem for me,we get along so well and our relationship is one of openess and mutual understanding.is marriage about doing what the society expects of you or settling down with a person you know you want to be with for the rest of your days? Open Question: What do you think about this Iiberal indoctrination?Yeah we're still living in a racist society... / sarcasm A branch of the University of Minnesota may require all education students at the school to understand and accept that they are either privileged or oppressed and that they be well-versed in issues like "white privilege," "institutional racism" and the "myth of meritocracy in the United States." Critics are condemning the Race, Culture, Class and Gender Task Group at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, which proposes making race, class and gender issues the "overarching framework" of all teaching courses. (....) Some of the proposed curriculum requirements are: • "Future teachers will be able to discuss their own histories and current thinking drawing on notions of white privilege, hegemonic masculinity, heteronormativity, and internalized oppression." • Teachers will be able to articulate a "critical analysis of this story of America, for what it illuminates and what it hides or distorts" including: - "myth of meritocracy in the United States" - "historical connections between scientific racism, intelligence testing, and assumptions of fixed mental capacity" - "alternative explanations for mobility (and lack of it)" - "history of demands for assimilation to white, middle-class, Christian meanings and values" - "history of white racism, with special focus on current colorblind ideology" (...) Full article here http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,579846,00.html I am loud proud and white and will make NO apologies to anyone. As I said before You know, I find it ironic how people like them come here and try to place blame on "racists" who have zero political influence for all of the problems with diversity. That makes them a anti-whites bigots and minority apologists. That makes them hypocrite of the highest order. Reality check. If you and your ideological ilk had the intellectual honesty to acknowledge that no one group or groups of people are to blame for the problems with diversity, and that non-whites are every bit as "racist" as whites. Oh Wait a minute. Maybe I haven't been fair. Maybe there was some "racism" present. Maybe whites did try to subtly lure in with "racist" overtones. Maybe Whites didn't, and that's just how it was construed. Remember, we don't live in a "racist" society. We live in an anti-racist society. Anti-racism is official public policy. Therefore, you can't blame "racism" for the problems that exist with diversity. You're obligated to blame anti-racism. I really hope white people with white partners are having more kids and teaching them to have racial pride and not to date outside of their race, We have enough indoctrination nowadays. pip, there's not such a thing as "human race" The Reality of Race Genetic Breakthrough That Reveals the Differences Between Humans http://www.propagandamatrix.com/articles/november2006/231106Genetic.htm http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/genetic-breakthrough-that-reveals-the-differences-between-humans-425432.html http://agonist.org/20061122/genetic_breakthrough_that_reveals_the_differences_between_humans Genetic Variation: We're More Different Than We Thought http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-11/hhmi-gvw112006.php What we do and don't know about 'race', 'ethnicity', genetics and health at the dawn of the genome era http://www.nature.com/index.html?file=/ng/journal/v36/n11s/full/ng1436.html There's your proof. Race exists. It's genetic. We're not the same. Now can we get past the same old stagnant arguments that you anti-racists keep bombarding us with and address issues that really matter? You know, politics, economics, sociology etc.? Race Differences in Average IQ Are Largely Genetic http://www.news-medical.net/?id=9530 Open Question: What's wrong with my puppy?I have a 13 week old cocker spaniel, we've had him from 7 weeks. Here's the problem. Yesterday we noticed he had a bit of diarrhoea. When we looked, it was sorta oily, kind of jelly like bits in it. He was a little off colour. Not really, just not as playful as usual, and off his food and didn't drink much. Today he is back to his hyper self but the diarrhoea is still there. He's in good condition, healthy and a good weight for his age etc. He's had his 2 parvo jabs. He just had the 2nd one a few days ago. Is it possible he's having a reaction to the jab? Both jab's made him sleepy, but the first didn't have anything like this after. Or is it just something he's picked up? He's on Wainswright puppy food, and nothing else. He doesn't ever get food from our plates or anything like that. Since he has just had his last parvo jab he has started being allowed to go or walks, maybe he's picked up something out there? He's not off colour today, he's totally fine in every other way except the diarrhoea. Eating and drinking normally. We said if he didnt pick up today, we'd take him to the vets but he has improved. Has anyone seen this before? Is it just something he's picked up? I know puppies are delicate and it's easy for them to catch something. Should I be worried? Oh and he's wormed up to date etc. Open Question: Was it wrong to end our friendship over this?is it wrong of me? okay, me and this girl have been friends (not best friends) Since 6th grade, and we've had our ups & downs (for sure) but after we graduated she moved down the road from me and we became very close (i was at her house just about every night. alot of fun times) she had a boyfriend but he worked from 4 in the afternoon and didnt get home until 6am everyday. well I was dating her cousin at the time, and then me & him broke up and I got with a new boy (she was happy about that b/c her cousin treated me like crap) and then she moved on the other side of time & I started spending alot of time with my new boyfriend (who didnt have a phone at his house, he lived down the road from my parents) then she got pregnant and so did another friend of ours and I was pretty much left out, b/c they did the whole 'pregnancy' thing, after they had their babies I started going over and seeing them b/c they'd call & etc., then one day I was in the floor beside her playing with her baby and she was talking to everyone else in the room, but me. so i left. and then we got into a big argument alil after and she kept bringing up my boyfriends name, like saying that i had to get his permission to go places (which i dont, we have one car & live together now and the vehicle belongs to him, i kinda gotta ask him to use his car & he doesnt care) and started saying awful things about my boyfriend (who shes met once & my bf was upset that she was saying that stuff), and then after that i kinda just really didnt want anything to do with her (i mean, i love my boyfriend & i dont go around talkin crap about hers) and then this last time we got into an argument was last night, i decided im never talkin to her again, i didnt go to her kids birthday party after I said i would like a month ago, i keep my phone off the hook so i havent talked to her any since she asked me to come, i have chronic tonsilitis and i feel like crap all the time, and i dont really leave the house or talk to many ppl (sometimes i plug the phone up and call my mom, grandma and stuff like that but other than that i dont wanna be bothered with the phone ringing) but my friend wrote me on myspace saying "what the hell why didnt u come, my mom saw you going somewhere so where were you going" and then she left another message saying "so you were getting drunk thats what you were doing" (and i wasnt, i cant drink, im having my tonsils taken out soon) & shes mad b/c i didnt call, well, i sleep practically half the day anyway, I slept til 4 the day of her sons birthday party, id done missed his party & then i went to riteaid to get some medicine & to my moms to get something (b/c my tonsillectomy got canceled until jan & i can take medicine again) and she kept bringing up my boyfriends name and saying stupid things about how everyone had problems (when i told her about my chronic tonsilitis), so i decided to end the relationship but now shes going around saying im a liar, and i was out getting drunk and just leaving this stuff for ppl to see on myspace. I dont feel bad, but I know how she is and shes already making everything my fault (which I could of called her but I didnt, when i got home, I ate and went right back to sleep) & i told her that in my reply back. & she said I never go thru with plans (but, we've only made plans 2x. first time, my boyfriend got an abscess tooth, which she came over so she knows thats true) and her sons birthday party (which I overslept and felt like crap anyway, I didnt get to bed until 7am b/c i have a swollen lymph node behind my ear kinda on my head and its tender & hurts so i had a rough time getting comfortable, and after i woke up my mom told me my appointment was canceled friday - it even took her 2 days to get a hold of me- and that it was going to be rescheduled jan 4th- & i went and got me some medicine and came home, ate some pizza & laid down) Open Question: reasons for first date being cancelled?i had a conversion with a girl for two weeks and i finally called her for a date and she agreed.And on that particular date she text me that she has an extra class in the college so cant meet up and after that i replied to her msg stating that no problem and i send her another msg saying when are you free again so we can meet up but after that she did not reply and i gave her a call after some time but she did not answer the call . so am little upset so do you have any idea what may be the reasons ? More Recent Articles
|
Click here to safely unsubscribe now from "Yahoo! Answers: Search for " or change your subscription or subscribe
| Your requested content delivery powered by FeedBlitz, LLC, 9 Thoreau Way, Sudbury, MA 01776, USA. +1.978.776.9498 |
0 comments:
Post a Comment