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We tend to reject what is true but unpleasant...

Bite"It is the nature of the human species to reject what is true but unpleasant, and to embrace what is obviously false but comforting."

Category:Skepticism/Denial - General

Bite"Mother Nature is just chemistry, biology and physics. That's all she is. You cannot sweet-talk her. You cannot spin her. You cannot tell her that the oil companies say climate change is a hoax. No, Mother Nature is going to do whatever chemistry, biology and physics dictate" "Mother Nature alwa...

Bill Maher: Clinging to discredited explanations.

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Bite"When I was six years old, there were conflicting theories about how babies were born. Somebody said a stork brought them. Another guy said your parents bought them at the hospital. Another said girls had some kind of flap between their legs that babies came out of, and something about penises. ...

Category:Skepticism/Denial - General

Bite"When it comes to climate change, true skepticism is two-sided. One-sided skepticism is no skepticism at all." —Michael Mann.

"I will call people who deny the science 'deniers.' I won't be deterred by the fact that they don't like the use of that term and no doubt that just...

Science is a jigsaw puzzle, not a house of cards

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BiteSome skeptics view climate science as a house of cards. You pull one card from the bottom and the whole thing collapses. But science is more like a jigsaw puzzle, assembled piece by piece over decades of research. Gradually, the overall picture emerges, until it's unmistakable. Remaining gaps or...

Denial: Who hasn't delayed opening a bill, to avoid it?

Category:Skepticism/Denial - General

BiteWho amongst us hasn't delayed opening a bill or bank statement, because we want to postpone reading the unpleasant news?

'I hate shots, therefore flu doesn't exist."'

Category:Skepticism/Denial - General

BiteSaying 'I hate government regulation, therefore global warming is a hoax,' is akin to saying 'I hate shots, therefore the flu doesn't exist.'

All good scientists are skeptics. 'Nobody's word'

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BiteAll scientists are skeptics. The motto of UK's 350-year-old Royal Society is 'Nullius in verba,' Latin for "On the words of no one" or "take nobody's word for it." It is "an expression of its enduring commitment to empirical evidence as the basis of knowledge about the natural world."

Science is a mountain of pebbles, not house of cards

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Bite"The evidence for climate change is not a house of cards, where you take one piece out and the whole theory falls apart. It's more like a mountain. Scrape a handful of pebbles off the top, but the mountain is still there."

Science drags us 'kicking and screaming' toward truth

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Bite"Science is so powerful that it drags us kicking and screaming towards the truth, despite our best efforts to avoid it."

Category:Skepticism/Denial - General

BiteWho amongst us has not delayed opening a bank or credit card statement because we don't want to be reminded of the unpleasant news it contains?

Category:Skepticism/Denial - General

Bite"Skepticism is invaluable to the scientific method. But an honest skeptic can be persuaded by facts. These deniers are largely impervious to facts — at least facts that contradict their worldview."

Category:Skepticism/Denial - General

BiteSkepticism = looking at all the evidence before drawing a conclusion. Denial = rejecting any evidence that does not support your preferred, predetermined conclusion.

My only tool is a hammer, so that screw must be. . .a hoax!

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BiteWhen your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like nails.

A corollary: Show me a problem that is obviously not "a nail" and I'll tell you why that problem is . . . a hoax! Since my only tool is a hammer.... "screws" cannot be real!

Science denial occurs when a group feels threatened.

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BiteScience denial and politicization occurs whenever some influential group sees a new discovery as threatening to their worldview, values, status or income. Not unique to climate science, this has been going on for centuries.

Reality doesn't go away when you stop believing in it.

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BiteReality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

A few loose bricks don't bring the wall down!

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BiteWhen you've built a great wall of evidence it takes more than a brick coming loose to bring the whole lot down.

Category:Skepticism/Denial - General

Bite"Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced."
-- James Baldwin

Distant danger: Try warning a teenager to stop smoking!

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BiteIt's hard to change habits, especially when the most harmful consequences lie in the distant future. Try convincing a teenager to stop smoking because he might get lung cancer... in 20 years!

Category:Skepticism/Denial - General

BiteIt is easier to argue for the existence of Santa Claus than argue against all the evidence of climate change.— a scientist at Washington University.

Skepticism/Denial - General: All Listings

We tend to reject what is true but unpleasant...

"Mother Nature always bats last..."

Bill Maher: Clinging to discredited explanations.

"One-sided skepticism is no skepticism at all."

Science is a jigsaw puzzle, not a house of cards

Denial: Who hasn't delayed opening a bill, to avoid it?

'I hate shots, therefore flu doesn't exist."'

All good scientists are skeptics. 'Nobody's word'

Science is a mountain of pebbles, not house of cards

Science drags us 'kicking and screaming' toward truth

Denial: we all do it!

An honest skeptic can be persuaded by facts....

Skepticism vs. Denial

My only tool is a hammer, so that screw must be. . .a hoax!

Science denial occurs when a group feels threatened.

Reality doesn't go away when you stop believing in it.

A few loose bricks don't bring the wall down!

Nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Distant danger: Try warning a teenager to stop smoking!

Do you still believe in Santa Claus?