The Psychology of Denialism.

Here is an article explaining climate change denial that I think is also pertinent to evolution denial.Here's The Real Reason Why Some People Still Think Climate Change Isn't Happening : ScienceAlertShould this be in the "..in the news" forum or maybe even in "Faith and Belief"?Edited by AdminPhat, : No reason given.

Thread copied here from the The psychology of denialism. thread in the Proposed New Topics forum.

I was just telling jar why I didnt trust the evidentialists...and then moved on to your new topic. Lo and behold!
Here's The Real Reason Why Some People Still Think Climate Change Isn't HappeningThis reasoning is also why I reject jar and ringos plain reading of the Bible. It is a threat to my world view. There is no way I would be happy if God were just a character in a book. I don't trust human nature and I don't trust humans having the innate intelligence to survive and build a brave new world free of gods and religions.Personally, in a pragmatic sense, I believe that the whole argument between liberals and conservatives really isn't whether or not climate change is happening. (Though some claim it is)
It is really about who gets to provide the solution: The Private Sector, mainly conservative, who are already buying up the land where the new sea level will be...and the dreaded liberal public sector...where the rules and guidelines will be mandated by government...which the conservatives do not want.Edited by Thugpreacha, : No reason given.

Why "deny" climate change and evolution? Not because scientists made a mistake but because those things do not matter that much. Evolutions may be generated in a single act of God, and any climate change can be reversed any moment.

Because we do not want our lifestyles to change. My sister is like a cop, plucking every plastic bottle out of the trash and placing it in recycling. I dont want to take the time to do this. Perhaps it needs to be made habitual through some sort of positive reinforcement. If they gave me a decent rebate, I'd be more inclined to do it. I had dreams and ideas of how the future would unfold. More and more, the problems and challenges loom ever larger and more urgent. This applies to spirituality and a needed change in human behvior as well as in regards to climate change and human involvement. I think that the evidence shows that humanity and the earths capacity to support us anywhere near the lifestyles we have become used to having is ending. Period. And this is indeed an inconvenient truth. No wonder some folks want the rapture! They wanna get outta Dodge while the sun is still out. Granted God is a game changer IF He chooses to simply recuse humans from their mistakes. I see little evidence that He is doing this apart from renewing our minds to think smarter. And what good is a thought without action? I'm getting old and in the way. I have little energy to start scrubbing the planet clean.

I believe that climate change has been so politicized and polarized by the media that it confuses people as to what legitimate science exists and how to distinguish between pseudoscience.

There may be some truth to that.But the private sector will go wherever the money is; if they can make more money by putting every atom of carbon into the atmosphere they'll do that; and if they can make more money by shipping all of our "recycling" to Asia they'll do that.And the public sector will go wherever the votes are.In our recent federal election, the (big-C) Conservatives won the popular vote but lost the election because their base is ever more concentrated and thus, ever more isolated. They have all of the climate change deniers on their side and they're pro Big Carbon. The common wisdom is that they will have to broaden their base or go the way of the dinosaurs.

One slight correction:But the private sector will go wherever the money is {this quarter}; if they can make more money by putting every atom of carbon into the atmosphere they'll do that; and if they can make more money by shipping all of our "recycling" to Asia they'll do that.The Private Sector is solely concerned with the short term immediate return and never considers the longer term costs.