Blam!
That was the sound of my head exploding.According to an AC Nielsen Internet-based survey, 13% of Americans have never heard of global warming. Compare that to only 4% of Latin Americans, and 9% of people worldwide.
I--I can't--I can't even BEGIN to think of something to say that wouldn't get me arrested.
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6 Comments:
-Catie
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CE Murphy at 2/26/2007 5:38 PM
Americans are willing to believe a lot of things they have no evidence for (religion, fad diets, Paris Hilton's interesting-ness), but when confronted with science, which provides ACTUAL EVIDENCE, they turn into complete skeptics.
(And no, I'm not equating religious beliefs with fad diets. But both are taken on faith, which Miracle on 34th Street famously defines as "believing when common sense tells you not to.")
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Jeri at 2/27/2007 7:45 AM
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Kathy at 2/27/2007 8:07 AM
But while it explains the greed and complacency, it doesn't explain the total ignorance. How could people--with Internet connections, no less, because it was an Internet survey--not even have heard of global warming?
Posted by:
Jeri at 2/27/2007 8:26 AM
Cecilia
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Anonymous at 2/27/2007 2:18 PM
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Jeri at 2/27/2007 3:14 PM
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