I've had 'How much CO₂ is in the atmosphere as a percentage?' twice in two days, first on the street (politely) and then online (followed by 'you fool').
I'm sad some people think it is a 'gotcha', so I made this.
0.043% (more importantly, 2 trillion tonnes) is actually... mind-blowing. A lot. Bigly huge.
#climatediary #climatepsych #climatechange #physics
#falseconfidence #pseudoscepticism
"The sinking feeling caused by these innocuous questions is likely familiar to many climate scientists. They are questions that we are asked on strikingly regular basis, and that- knowingly or unknowingly- cast doubt on the fundamental scientific consensus in our community."
#SyntheticIgnorance
#ClimatePsych
https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000359
Also will perturb current barycentric understanding.
"We conducted a tailored survey experiment on a broadly representative sample of 4,000 US adults to provide causal evidence on how motivated cognition shapes beliefs about climate change.. We further explore the role of motives on environmentally harmful behaviour...we find no evidence that motivated cognition can help to explain widespread climate change denial and environmentally harmful behaviour."
The desire to justify carbon-emitting behaviours could influence people’s climate change beliefs due to motivated cognition. Based on a pre-registered survey experiment in the United States, the study, however, finds no evidence supporting the claim in explaining climate denial and environmentally harmful behaviour.
Cedric Knight 🌍💙
Doug Bostrom