The negative y-axis is typically the realm of those who claim to “look” at the science, but skip analyzing any in-depth research and can probably not name a single scientific journal. Most of their time is spent time feeding their confirmation bias by reading pre-packaged bites of loosely correlated data, wrapped in the shiny ribbon of pithy remarks or analogies. I have engaged in serious discussions with people who really DO know some science and still doubt the existence of manmade climate change. Unfortunately, not one has persisted for very long with independent thinking. The justifiable science – scarce enough to begin with – runs out quickly, and soon all they have can do is parrot the more common denier tropes. At that point, I hand them a figurative cracker by finding a way to change the subject before they look too ignorant.
The negative y-axis is typically the realm of those who claim to “look” at the science, but skip analyzing any in-depth research and can probably not name a single scientific journal. Most of their time is spent time feeding their confirmation bias by reading pre-packaged bites of loosely correlated data, wrapped in the shiny ribbon of pithy remarks or analogies. I have engaged in serious discussions with people who really DO know some science and still doubt the existence of manmade climate change. Unfortunately, not one has persisted for very long with independent thinking. The justifiable science – scarce enough to begin with – runs out quickly, and soon all they have can do is parrot the more common denier tropes. At that point, I hand them a figurative cracker by finding a way to change the subject before they look too ignorant.