You can't believe in Climate Change if ,,

[Cryptoad]

you don't believe in Science!
And you can't believe in Science if ur a Dumbass!

[SHRED]

1. "...you're..." because I do it all the time

[Cryptoad]

7. Thx Pardon my dyslexic ways

[SHRED]

17. No problem

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Does Science Really Require Belief?

Or, is it just the way things are? I know, it's a tiny nit to pick within your point. But, i don't have to believe in gravity. It just exists.

[Cryptoad]

4. Science is the study of the way things are....

[ProfessorGAC]

14. We Do, In Fact, Agree Totally

Sorry to pick a nit. Your overall point is great.

[Cryptoad]

15. Always time for a nit or two.........

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Climate change (and science in general) exists whether you believe in it or not.

There are people who believe the earth is flat, but it's spherical anyhow. If I decide I don't believe in gravity, I will nevertheless fall and bust my ass if I jump off my roof. Belief is irrelevant to science.

[Cryptoad]

5. people who say Climate Change doesn't exist

dont believe in Science. All these Rethugs dont believe Science is wrong,,,, they dont believe in Science at all.......

[maxsolomon]

12. There are some that a gullible enough to swallow the BS

But the vast majority know it is more profitable for their donors to delay action as long as possible. The lies are cynical - they know they're lying.

They're making a calculated choice: maximize profits now, push off the costs into the hazy future when they will be socialized by future generations.

If you're an Oil and Gas executive/shareholder in your 60s, you'd need empathy to care about the world 40 years from now. You don't get to be an Oil and Gas executive/shareholder in your 60s by being empathetic.

[maxsolomon]

6. The Denial Industry believes in both

They're paid to misinform. They're consultants running a PR campaign for Oil & Gas Corporations.

Trump? He's blurred the line between Dumbass and Troll.

[Cryptoad]

8. Follow it up the chain of Command

of these "Misinformers", you will find a dumbass !

[maxsolomon]

9. Rex Tillerson?

He was at the top of the chain of command of the Denial Industry.

[Cryptoad]

10. nuff said!

[StevieM]

11. The problem goes beyond oil and gas companies. There is a segment of this country that is

ideologically driven to deny science. It is part of who they are. And it doesn't take too much effort from industry to convince them.

[maxsolomon]

13. Good Point

Those are the fundamentalists. Facts are threats to their belief system, and it makes them easy to exploit.