Far and away my most-read piece in the past week has been The Psychology Of Naysayers On Global Warming. I posit in it that denial, cognitive dissonance and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) are driving some people’s irrational refusal to believe global warming is real. But I actually like another writet’s approach to the topic of [...]
Entries Tagged as 'denial'
A Wiser Voice Than Mine On Climate Deniers
December 5th, 2009 · No Comments · energy, global warming and climate change, lifestyle
When Deniers Of Global Warming Are Hurting Us All
July 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments · global warming and climate change, politics
Sometimes a commenter on Diamond-Cut Life says something so valuable I’m compelled to print it as a post, itself. Richard Pauli’s is such a comment. In response to The Psychology Of Naysayers On Global Warming, Mr. Pauli points out that when the person denying global warming is a decision-maker (a senator, for example) we cannot [...]
Tags: counseling·denial·ODD·Richard Pauli·Senator Inhoffe·Senator Joe McCarthy
The Psychology Of Naysayers On Global Warming
July 19th, 2009 · 16 Comments · sustainability
I embrace differences of opinion. Democracy is based on it, and we make each other smarter and stronger when we exchange views. However, for a literate person in 2009 to claim that human-caused global warming is not a reality is akin to a literate person in 1859 claiming slavery in the South was not a [...]
Tags: Bill Bigelow·climate change·denial·Exxon-Mobil·global warming·IPCC·ODD·Portland·psychology
