http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=4994 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:36:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=4994&cpage=1#comment-12495 jae Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:23:15 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=4994#comment-12495 I sure hope Nisbet is correct. If so, the sham has about run its course, because I think that the actual science does not indicate any possibility of major environmental problems due to CO2 emissions. The "rank and file" will see this, if the "reframing" is done fairly and honestly. I sure hope Nisbet is correct. If so, the sham has about run its course, because I think that the actual science does not indicate any possibility of major environmental problems due to CO2 emissions. The “rank and file” will see this, if the “reframing” is done fairly and honestly.

]]> http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=4994&cpage=1#comment-12482 Parse Error Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:40:10 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=4994#comment-12482 It seems to me like the alarmists are not so much concerned with implementing just A solution, what they really want is for it to be THEIR solution, whether the masses of unevolved sweaty beasts like it or not. Connecting with the "little people" doesn't matter to them; we are far too simple-minded to contribute anything constructive, and just need Big Brother to beat us into submission to our erudite masters who already have all the answers - and that's just the impression that they give all on their own, while the other side has played through it all quite masterfully. One item that I didn't notice in the article, aside from the further harm of trampling over anyone they feel may present some obstacle on their road to glory, as you've mentioned, is the difficulty of reframing the issue after two decades of increasing polarization, and the poor framing strategies most of those who share the consensus view have used so far which have certainly contributed greatly to it. It seems to me like the alarmists are not so much concerned with implementing just A solution, what they really want is for it to be THEIR solution, whether the masses of unevolved sweaty beasts like it or not. Connecting with the “little people” doesn’t matter to them; we are far too simple-minded to contribute anything constructive, and just need Big Brother to beat us into submission to our erudite masters who already have all the answers – and that’s just the impression that they give all on their own, while the other side has played through it all quite masterfully. One item that I didn’t notice in the article, aside from the further harm of trampling over anyone they feel may present some obstacle on their road to glory, as you’ve mentioned, is the difficulty of reframing the issue after two decades of increasing polarization, and the poor framing strategies most of those who share the consensus view have used so far which have certainly contributed greatly to it.

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