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GliderGuider

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1. At least it's refreshing not to hear that people are just stupid!
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 11:29 AM
Mar 2016

This is another rancid morsel of information for those who are still trying to get the news out, influence public opinion and get people to wake up to the severity of climate change.

Long story short: None of it worked. The researchers found that different framings had no consistent or statistically significant effects on subjects’ willingness to support climate action.

Human psychological factors win out over reason and knowledge yet again.

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