Comments on: Global Warming: It's All In Your Head

It's Not A Question Of Facts, But Perceptions, Says CBSNews.com's Dick Meyer

[dianovo_com]

It's funny how exactly what you describe in your article is displayed here for us in the comments.

Thank you for this article. This is something I think about every day.

Why do most humans choose to live with their heads in the sand? How do we get through their barrier of denial, and get them to see the facts rather than just repeat their internal fiction? How do we inspire them to take control of their lives, instead of pointing the finger and claiming that it is someone else's fault or responsibility?

Why can't people see what they are doing to themselves and all life on the planet? Will they wake up before it is too late?

[ademeyer]

Interesting. I confess I spent most of my time in the movie An Inconvenient Truth wondering why this articulate, involved, energetic narrator was not President of the United States, and his rival, the shallow, incurious, bumbler is. One thing that did shock me out of my reverie: that chart showing the historic dips and rises in the earth temperature - now climbing into the stratosphere. Would I support a troop surge if Bush stood in front of a similiar chart? I dunno...I think our prejudices are built on the accumulation of multiple experiences... my brain blocks information coming from the chimp face at this point, where the chart wielding Gore gets right in.

[bigwhtpony]

"So what is it that makes some human brains dismiss or ignore global warming and others, far fewer, feel worried, threatened and called to action?"

The only ones who feel worried, threatened and called to action are liberal democrats who hate America and are more worried about how the world views us. If they really cared about global warming, they would direct their ire to the worst offenders - like China.

[vancouverboo]

Perhaps we don't get excited about it because we know there's nothing we can do about it. We have very intelligent people running the government. Their goal is to get elected and then to spread the money around among all their "friends," getting a small kickback from each of them - all done legally, of course.
All we can do on an individual basis is recycle or buy new light bulbs. All we can expect are higher taxes to make the Rich People even richer. We have learned what we have down here, and we just try to deal with it. So stick that in your bottom, Darwin.