(March 4, 2015 at 4:04 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: I don't really think climate change denial is going anywhere. It's like the opposition to evolution, it's just not grounded in fact so no matter how many facts are presented, the opposition just isn't going to change it's mind.
Sadly, that rings true. When the effects of global warming become apparent and catastrophic - they'll just blame gay marriage. Or aliens. Or vaccines. Some people simply live in an "alternate reality". By which I mean - they're nuts.
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw