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[[File:NASA monkey.jpg|alt=NASA monkey|thumb|'''Figure 1.''' We are all clever monkeys.]] | [[File:NASA monkey.jpg|alt=NASA monkey|thumb|'''Figure 1.''' We are all clever monkeys.]] | ||
''' | '''Below is a list of simple logical fallacies in regards to the [[ecological crisis]].''' | ||
Even though confronted with rational arguments humans often persist in holding on to irrational thoughts as confronting long held beliefs causes [[cognitive dissonance]]. | |||
== '''"We will innovate out of the crisis."''' == | == '''"We will innovate out of the crisis."''' == | ||
This is called the ecomodernist argument it has been around for centuries. Think about it this way... Imagine you decided to start smoking, a pack a day, maybe two. I might say but that's bad! It will kill you! then you *shrug* and say medicine will find a cure, just as it always has. | This is called the ecomodernist argument it has been around for centuries. Think about it this way... Imagine you decided to start smoking, a pack a day, maybe two. I might say but that's bad! It will kill you! then you *shrug* and say medicine will find a cure, just as it always has. | ||