"Tea Partiers, unsurprisingly, tend not to believe in the phenomenon (the 53% who don't believe in global warming just outnumber the 52% who don't believe humans evolved from other animals) and are the most strongly opposed to all sorts of government action on the issue (yet quite keen, like majorities in all sorts of polling, on research into new energy sources). They also distinguish themselves in their assessment of their knowledgability, with 30% considering themselves very well informed on the issue and a majority happy that it needs no more information on the subject."Ahem...
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Tea Partiers confident in doubting climate science - The Economist
From American public opinion and climate change: No green Tea -
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There's nothing quite like being confident and completely wrong at the same time.
I used to work for a guy who was always confident ... and usually wrong.
He drove me nuts.
As an exercise in maintaining one's boundaries and equanimity, it is unsurpassed. Feel the burn...
(personal comment re mine above: s/is/was/ since fortunately, once you learn it, it pretty much stays with you)
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