[ExI] Climate models

[Adrian Tymes]

On Apr 1, 2014 9:57 AM, "Keith Henson" <hkeithhenson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Why is there a fascination for disaster futures?  This isn't new,
> there must be reasons rooted in our evolutionary past.

Because believing that it's hopeless, that there is nothing anyone can do,
absolves them of all responsibility and guilt.  If no one can save the
world then it doesn't matter that they aren't.  Other people trying
presents the horrifying possibility that those others might succeed, which
must not be allowed...or so goes the train of subconscious thought.

One trick is to get them to imagine a world that has been saved - to think
about the end state we want to reach.  Once they accept that it is
possible, then means of getting there can be discussed.
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