I love how this spreading awareness missive starts out
Why Psychology Should Be A Part Of The Fight Against Climate Change
Climate change isn’t just a political, social and economic issue. It’s also a deeply psychological one — and now, behavioral scientists are using psychology to better understand the complex relationship between people and nature.
Notice what was not mentioned? Science. Glad to see that Warmists are finally admitting that the issue has nothing to do with science.
An increasing number of psychologists are arguing that in order to tackle the growing threat to our environment, we need to understand people’s emotional and cognitive responses to this new reality, which can run the gamut from denial to indifference to outrage to anger to grief.
In other words, they’re very upset that people aren’t rushing out to enable government to restrict their personal freedom, to run their lives, and to vastly artificially increase their cost of living, all after 25+ years of spreading awareness, in what has become an increasingly unhinged manner. They’re desperately searching for a manner in which to get people to give a damn, because, even Warmists generally do not care enough to make changes in their own lives to match their professed beliefs.
“Most people who acknowledge that climate change is occurring feel that the public response has been inadequate,” said Dr. Susan Clayton, a conservation psychologist at the College of Wooster in Ohio. “Psychologists have been looking at how it is that people process this information about risk and come to their understandings — so that’s useful to know in terms of thinking about how you can create messages that are more effective for people in terms of getting them on board.”
Notice the “Other People” syndrome, whereby Warmists expect Everyone Else to care. But, again, why should they when so few Warmists practice what they preach?
It’s not just because people don’t care, she argues. Rather, our emotional response to the issue, which for many people is a deep but unprocessed sense of anxiety and loss, can leave us feeling powerless and paralyzed.
Or, it could be that people think it is a minor issue, particularly when stacked up against real issues, one which most people just do not care about. You can also repeat the whole “practice what you preach” meme.
Anyhow, the rest is all gobbledygook, but, an amusing read.
