Don't get me wrong Lots of people seem incapable of empathy But I think there are just a lot of people who aren't very smart Go on any of the "climate skeptic" social media groups and just look at the arguments... It makes me wonder how they dress themselves - ThreadSky

canadianstory.bsky.social • 4 days ago

Don't get me wrong

Lots of people seem incapable of empathy

But I think there are just a lot of people who aren't very smart

Go on any of the "climate skeptic" social media groups and just look at the arguments... It makes me wonder how they dress themselves

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richardhans.bsky.social•4 days ago

Wouldn't the simpler answer be that they don't care? Look at the Trump administration's rhetoric on...well basically everything. It's easily debunkable, and the lesson is that they don't care, they know that all they need to do is say some things to obfuscate. But yes, probably not smart either

canadianstory.bsky.social•4 days ago

No doubt.

There are many awful people out there.

But I think there are a lot of good people out there who just don't know how to assess "evidence"

Especially at a time where there are so many charlatans.

richardhans.bsky.social•4 days ago

That makes sense. If most of what people are hearing is propaganda and they don't know how to tell it from proper evidence, then they'll just believe the propaganda. It seems plausible that this accounts for a lot of people

richardhans.bsky.social•4 days ago

I think it's the more "practical" arguments that give it away too. A very common one is something like "Canada only produces 1.5% of global emissions, we have no impact" and it's obvious bullshit because 1.5% of emissions is an enormous amount of death and suffering for 40 million people to cause...

canadianstory.bsky.social•4 days ago

That's such a stupid argument.

Most nations will be in that neighbourhood.

If every nation makes that argument, 100% is enough to fuck us all.

richardhans.bsky.social•4 days ago

yep Canada + all of the countries that pollute less than Canada = about a third of global emissions and if we don't get rid of those, we're fucked

richardhans.bsky.social•4 days ago

and what kind of a monster even thinks that way? A monster who doesn't care, I think. They're just saying anything to avoid the moral reality. And propaganda about the existence of climate change is part of it. But again, if they were more intellectual at all, they'd have a harder time maintain this

canadianstory.bsky.social•4 days ago

I think some people are able to think critically naturally because they are of at least median intellect. But half of people are below that median, and the best we can hope for in a lot of cases is to teach them to think critically so they don't take us down with them.

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