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== '''''Counterarguments''''' == | == '''''Counterarguments''''' == | ||
Much of this information is hard to digest as [[cognitive dissonance]] would say most of it is some sort of conspiracy or not their problem, below we address each counterargument with some rationale. | |||
=== "Its a conspiracy." === | |||
Climate change is being studied by thousands of scientists across the world, independently verifying each other's work through the use of third party verified scientific journals. It would be logistically impossible for all of these researchers to coordinate and participate in a global conspiracy. | |||
==="We will innovate out of the crisis."=== | ==="We will innovate out of the crisis."=== | ||
This is called the ''[[Ecomodernism|ecomodernist]] argument'' or ''technoutopian fallacy'', 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. ''The underlying message here is if you have been diagnosed with lung cancer the first thing you should do is to stop smoking.'' | This is called the ''[[Ecomodernism|ecomodernist]] argument'' or ''technoutopian fallacy'', 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. ''The underlying message here is if you have been diagnosed with lung cancer the first thing you should do is to stop smoking.'' | ||