Why deny.....?

Question

If there are facts that are proven by virtually all scientists, why do people deny that such facts are true?

In the medieval, Galileo Galilei had a bad time because he found out that the sun and the earth don't do what the church guys said.

In the 1970s scientits finally found out that asbestos causes lung cancer... quite a while after the year 1900 when some doctors found out the same but could not prove well enough. Of course, the industry opposed their opinion.

In the last decades we heard some news about the risks of smoking. In the USA there was a fast change, whereas in Europe science still has to face opposition, especially in politics.

Well, and when it comes to global warming, the first thing I read here in all the answers is something like "global warming is bull****, and only tree huggers believe in that nonsense..."

Why is that so?

Why do people deny scientific facts?

One more detail:

If it is, let's say, 90% of the scientists telling you that global warming is made by us, why do you insist that the other 10% are right?

Answer 1

Have you ever heard of 'hiding your head in the sand'? This term refers to those who would rather deny a bad thing is happening than face it. This is one of the reasons people deny science. The other reason, is that often those denying have financial or political reasons for not wanting a thing to be true. Even in the face of OVERWHELMING evidence, even in the face of reports written by their own military (The Pentagon) these people will staunchly deny a thing if that thing contradicts their world view or their political aims.

It's one of the basic failings of the human race.

Answer 2

"...facts that are proven by virtually all scientists" That's just it, the "facts" remain unproven by virtually any scientists. Global Warming is a theory, some observations in nature support the theory, some do not. The fact is most people don't know what science is or what a fact is. Politicians like Al Gore and Newt Gingrich know this and use it for their advantage. The world is not going to end tomorrow. We should continue to find cleaner technology, but there is no need to panic, and there is no reason to give Congress the authority to try to control the weather.

Gun Plumber- Global Warming is not new, its been a theory for many years, what's new is the so-called science of "climatology" These "scientists" seem to have never learned how to properly apply the scientific method. What's worse some have been exposed for "cooking the numbers" to keep their benefactors happy.

RB- When all of your "peers" lack the ability to apply science to their argument, their agreement or disagreement really doesn't mean anything. Engineers are real scientists. Biologists are real scientists. When they do a peer review, they look to poke holes in a theory by citing errors in measurements or other common scientific mistakes. Climatologist peer reviews lack this rigorous debate as many Biologists and Engineers have pointed out.

Answer 3

asbestos causes lung cancer, was a known fact at the time scientists invented it, but the company's knew they would make Billions before it would be exposed.
Galileo. had to shut up because the Christians, Catholic was the ruling party and did not want the public with all this knowledge.
risks of smoking in the USA, is pure propaganda, to cover up all the pollutions made by factories and to keep the money from law suits that was part of the settlement with the tobacco company's

So, where should we invest our money in the global warming market, ??????????


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90% of scientist are funded by cooperation or the government, the other 10% are funded by other lobbies that want to pass their agenda so they can make money, the whole idea of placing blame on people, are factory's people, did we develop the world or do we work for these that develop the world, so why not place blame where it needs to be place on the people that control the pen. we need tress to build over sized starter homes, crazy we have less kids than in the 60's but yet we need more square feet,

Answer 4

Denial is the curtain which separates us from unpleasant fact,
it is the psychological tool to avoid pain.
The problem is that there is so much data available to the layman, that mankind is becoming resistant to the overload.
Instincts have not caught up with self preservation.
As long as the brain cannot assimilate all facts and triage them, there will be dissent and opposition.
Scientific competition and differences are essential for research.
Confusion exists when too many facts are presented, and not studied in the light of reason.

Answer 5

Global warming is the result of the Sun Cycles. Our impact on the planet is small. Alternitives to fuel will be found. The meteors will strike randomly, earthquakes will rock your world. The moon will leave our orbit. California will fall into the ocean. Plant a tree and get over it.

Answer 6

i dont know lets see learned nothing from katrina learned nothing from power outages still making excuses that upgrading the electrical infrusturcture cost so much and people swimming in feces and debris of everthing even houses and the people on there roof waving for help didnt seem to mean much for some people i see no great changes happening here were im at just the same thing the people were doing before you would think you would see drastic changes nope just a barrel ful of idiots laughing and throwing poop at each other and making you the bad person cause your trying to conserve at home i still see dirty air lines in the sky lots of wind no windmills lots of sun no photovoltaics but plenty of hacking the environment and they forest they rip down to build something that makes long term pollution you should forgit about the landfill thats down the street the lbs they drop every day aint that much the 55gallon drums i found in lake erie well just ignore them if you ignore the one that was on the beach for like the longest time and it went nowere if you do that long enought it will magically disapear the salmon problems in california the 10 percent of the fish that are left the 97% of wetlands that are gone and when im looking at one of the last few stands i think its plentyful all the recycleables that should be recycled but go to the landfill if you just ignore that avalanche of trash headed to my house and that the water by my house is stinky and lots of times i cant even touch my fishing line cause its so contaminated and i will git deathly ill miles of glaciers falling into the water that happens every day so it must be normal and if i ignore it it will all go away i can use a big bandage of excuses and when i put my hand in the water in a place thats supposed to be a state park and my flesh is cracking and falling off and burning and the factory thats closing after they made big contamination lakes if you just cap it with cement it will go away if i deny the thought of contamination and keep fishing for hours and catch nothing and see that people die from drinking the water when they used to be able to drink it ill keep dismissing it as nonsense and the facts are all just opinions those 3 grocery bags of recycleables i got out of lake huron yester day if i ignore it it will go away and the snags that prevent good water flow and man made structures that prevent fish from migration if you smoke enough all this is not really a threat cause i can stay in denial as long as i ignore second hand smoke when im going about my daily tasks it dont really exist right so the people can keep right on toking on the asbestos and the industry would never make the laws if there making profits right its ok just one more time to rape the earth for all its worth and not compensate the indians one more time right instead well tell the indian that comes there that there trespassing instead of the real people who are trespassing making a bunch of garbage if i just ignore the krap they dump at the land fill when im down wind from it it really exist does it but the literature says love not the things of the earth and if you do you must be evil so messing things up seems like a good path right its like you let the dumb guy who is the side kick do all the talking daaaaa geee boss i dont know were anyone would think there is a problem and if i suck on dis lolly pop and look the other direction daaaaa it dont happen cause i cant see if i look dat direction with a big lolly pop in my face da i just keep doing the same thing i been doing daa licking on dis lolly pop but now that you care we have medications to take away thoughts about your caring

Answer 7

Unless I missed something, your question is not totally accurate. There are MANY scientists that say that "global warming" is a cyclical thing and that man has nothing, or very little to do with it. You HAVE THE RIGHT to believe which group of scientists that you want but you do NOT HAVE THE RIGHT to accuse those that do not believe your group of being ignorant and unconcerned. I submit to you that even if man was A HIGH PERCENTAGE cause of global warming, that an attempt to cure the situation with the technology we have would be a situation where the cure was worse than the disease.

Answer 8

Some are professional political agents who will say what they are paid to say. Some are very ignorant people. Some are followers of the party line. There are probably other groups who have no respect for science and reason.

Answer 9

I dispute that 90% of scientists agree on the global warning issue. I remember back in the 70s, we were told that we were heading for an ice age.

The simple fact is that scientists are human and get it wrong as often as they get it right. How would it benefit anyone to blindly accept everything that comes down the pike? It makes much more sense to put these theories through scrutiny. Such is part of the scientific method anyway.

Answer 10

For 30+ years they said saccrine caused cancer, it is now found to be untrue! A new study is now claiming there's no corelation to trans fats and disease! A claim that brown egss were better for you than white eggs! Then there was the low carb fad of a few years ago, problem with that was, the brain functions on needing a balaned Carb diet, many people were reporting a slue of problems dealing with brain function;memory, reactionary, vision, thought process. Not true...It goes both ways..http://globalwarminghoax.wordpress.com/ To gain intellengence my friend you 1st need to look at the other side! Believing one side and one side only is not a good bet! Educate yourself what many scientist who are demanding a debate on this issue, but the other side wanting no part! If you look back at the many scientist in the 1970's that claimed an Ice Age was inevitable, you'll see exactly whats going on. Here's the big problem. You are getting bombarded by Global warming disaster 24/7 but not hearing the other side. Fact is the Liberal agenda force feeds its message to alaram the unknowing public. It then becaomes numbing and eventually subliminal. If you keep hearing the one sided message you then believe it must be true! Remember China, India, are in an industrial boom. They have no EPA as we have had for 35 years. As a country we've cleaned up our pollution problem measureably. We still have a long way to go. But to say Co2 which humans expell with evey exhale is the major problem is absurd! In the past 30+ years we've replenished our forrest to the count of more acre's than we've ever had. Problem??? Tree's and especially the dead leaves emit Co2. Dead leaves 10 times that of a live leaf!! Chorline gases??? Look to the biggest collpuret our OCEANS, they emit 60%+ of all Chorline naturally!! Methane!! overwhelming animals, termites, and wetlands!! The fact is the ipcc report is now being sued by many scientist who's names are listed on the report. their reports did not support their findings, their reports were not calculated in the final draft, but their names appear as making you think they are part of supporting the global warming crowd!