Coming to Terms With Reality

CLIMATE CHANGE DENIERS have, in the past, tried to maintain that the whole idea of man made climate change is a hoax, an invention of the liberal mainstream media, an invention of the Chinese to undermine American greatness, a vast left wing conspiracy, presumably with tens of thousands of scientists in on the conspiracy. Needless to say, all these wacko theories are bit even believed by their proponents, which invariably consist of members of the conservative Republican American Christian community (CRACC). These are the kind of people who willingly accept and embrace myth at truth, the ones who insist that the believe is literally true, though, again, they undoubtedly know better, deep down. They've had basic science most of them. I've gotten tired of trying to persuade Cracc people to understand that they can accept the reality of human made climate change without compromising their conservative values one iota, because, to date, I've had no luck. People will do anything to cling to their sacred beliefs, including self deception. Conservatives believe in tradition, which, in this case, is the use of fossil fuels with impunity, with no perceived damage to the environment. Acknowledging climate change means admitting the need for fundamental change, which to conservatives is taboo. Better to herd them all into a classroom for a god, solid, one hour course of basic chemistry. Get some really convincing, charismatic scholar from, say, Harvard to go through it with them. The one great truth that climate change deniers need to understand is that the climate change scientists of the world, all of them, are constantly and forever trying to disprove the truth of climate change. That's the way science works. whatever reality seems to be, keep investigating, and keep trying to improve our knowledge of it. Particularly, scientists are always trying to finds flaws in, to disprove their own work, so they can come up with something better. So far, they've had no luck. Trying to disprove man made climate change is like trying to disprove evolution by natural selection, relativity, and quantum mechanics; it just ainta gonna happen. Fossil fuels can be replace through capitalistic economic activity, and nobody has to give up his or her religion, guns, or money. that by itself should comfort and reassure conservative Republican American Christians.