Frank Gresslin
Our actions are determined by #Believes & #Values. If traveling is the source of self-identity and we read that flying contributes to only 3.5% of global emissions, then giving up flying makes no sense. Same thinking arises for small countries who emit maybe 1% of CO2. We might feel that 'protesting is not our thing' because it's just not civilised. This is a thread that explores #Mindsets, beyond just blaming elites, in order to make sense of why we keep racing towards the abyss. đŸ§”#ccmindsets
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Show threadFrank GresslinApr 30, 2023
1. Normalcy Bias
2. Optimism Bias
3. Stubborn Optimism vs. Stubborn Realism
4. Asperger Syndrome: See through the BS
5. Three Types of Climate Change Denial
6. Too Small To Matter
7. I won’t bother because I can’t make any difference
8. Social Tipping Points
9. Social Change
10. The Obstacle to Change are the Moderates
11. The Shifting Baseline Syndrome
12. UN Chief: Climate Optimism is an illusion
#ccmindsets
Show threadFrank GresslinApr 30, 2023

It's Not Cool to Overreact: How #NormalcyBias Will Define Our Future

"It’s infuriating. We’ve tried to get those around us to take [climate change] seriously. Our friends and family wave us off. [...] #NormalcyBias shows just how weird people act in the face of threats. Most of the time, they’re predisposed to shrug it off" #ccmindsets

https://jessicawildfire.substack.com/p/its-not-cool-to-overreact-how-normalcy

It's Not Cool to Overreact: How Normalcy Bias Will Define Our Future

Psychology explains our greatest weakness.

OK Doomer
Show threadFrank GresslinApr 30, 2023

Why is it so hard to get people to care about climate change? A Neuroscientist and a Psychologist shed light

"One reason we may not join the dots between extreme weather and climate change is #OptimismBias." #ccmindsets

https://news.sky.com/story/wildfires-heatwaves-and-drought-the-climate-crisis-is-staring-us-in-the-face-but-why-cant-we-believe-it-12655768

Why is it so hard to get people to care about climate change? A neuroscientist and a psychologist shed light

Sky
Show threadFrank GresslinApr 30, 2023

‘Stubborn #Optimism’ Will Pave the Way to Climate Disaster

"Faced with all the available evidence, stubborn #Realism is required – a stubborn insistence on addressing the reality of our situation, no matter how painful." #ccmindsets

https://bylinetimes.com/2022/11/25/stubborn-optimism-will-pave-the-way-to-climate-disaster/

‘Stubborn Optimism Will Pave the Way to Climate Disaster’ – Byline Times

We can’t seriously address the climate emergency until we admit that some of our hopes have died, writes Rupert Read

Byline Times
Show threadFrank GresslinApr 30, 2023

#Asperger syndrome helps [me] see through environment 'lies'

“It makes me see things from outside the box. I don’t easily fall for lies, I can see through things.” #ccmindsets

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/greta-thunberg-gift-asperger-syndrome-environment-strike-climate-change-radio-4-a8883056.html

Greta Thunberg: Climate activist says Asperger's Syndrome helps her see through environment 'lies'

‘It also makes me see things from outside the box’

The Independent
Show threadFrank GresslinApr 30, 2023

There are three types of #ClimateChangeDenial—and most of us [express] at least one

"Of course, some are unable to respond, financially or otherwise, but for many, #ImplicatoryDenial is a kind of dissociation. Ignoring the moral imperative to act is as damning a form of #Denial as any other, and arguably is much worse." #ccmindsets

https://qz.com/1726232/the-three-types-of-climate-change-denial

There are three types of climate change denier—and most of us are at least one

There's more to climate change denial than a simple rejection of science.

Quartz
Show threadFrank GresslinApr 30, 2023

When it comes to emissions, the '#TooSmallToMatter' argument is absurd

This is the #1 excuse on all levels. Whether we are justifying flying for personal pleasure, buying a SUV, whether governments are licensing a new coal mine, or if heads of state evade climate action for an entire country, everyone insists that their emissions are '#TooSmallToMatter'. #ccmindsets

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jan/09/when-it-comes-to-emissions-the-too-small-to-matter-argument-is-absurd-reckless-and-morally-bankrupt

When it comes to emissions, the 'too small to matter' argument is absurd, reckless and morally bankrupt

Shortsighted, illogical and dishonest arguments are holding Australia back – and condemning us to more brutal summers

The Guardian
Show threadFrank GresslinApr 30, 2023

I won’t bother because I can’t make any difference

"To assume that #IndividualActions – by a person or a nation – have negligible effects is to presume to know how others are going to act"

https://scholars.org/contribution/debunking-i-cant-make-any-difference-rationale-inaction-climate-change

Debunking the "I Can't Make Any Difference" Rationale for Inaction on Climate Change

In 2007, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimated that the aviation industry boosts greenhouse gas emissions by two percent per year, and may increase global warming by up to three percent. Some people may shrug their shoulders and say, that’s too little for company or industry efforts to cut back emissions to make much of a difference. Similarly, many people think that their own patterns of energy use matter only very slightly – so why bother to change?

Scholars Strategy Network
Show threadFrank GresslinApr 30, 2023

#Social #TippingPoints are the only hope for the climate

"If there is any hope at all, it lies in the fact that #SocialChange is often nonlinear." #ccmindsets

https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2020/1/29/21083250/climate-change-social-tipping-points

Climate change: “Social tipping points” are the only hope

A new paper explores how to trigger them.

Vox
Show threadFrank GresslinApr 30, 2023

Social change more important than physical tipping points

“#SocialChange is essential to meeting the goals set in Paris. But what has been achieved to date is insufficient.” #ccmindsets

https://phys.org/news/2023-02-degree-goal-plausible-social-important.html

1.5-degree goal not plausible: Social change more important than physical tipping points, says study

Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is currently not plausible, claims a new, central study released by UniversitÀt Hamburg's Cluster of Excellence Climate, Climatic Change, and Society (CLICCS).

Phys.org
Show threadFrank GresslinApr 30, 2023

MLK might point towards the reason why majorities seem indifferent to climate action: The #Moderates

"In April 1963, Dr. King sat alone in the Birmingham jail. He knew the rabid side of white supremacy very intimately. And yet he wrote that 'the white moderate, who is more devoted to #Order than to justice,' was more of an impediment than 'the White Citizens Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner.'" #ccmindsets

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/20/opinion/martin-luther-king-new-york.html

Opinion | What King Said About Northern Liberalism

“The white moderate” was more of an obstacle than “the Ku Klux Klanner.”

The New York Times
Show threadFrank GresslinApr 30, 2023

Are You Suffering From #ShiftingBaselineSyndrome?

"Our conservation and policy efforts are becoming less effective with each generation, while we become more satisfied with our diminishing actions because our targets are weaker in terms of biodiversity and habitat heterogeneity." #ccmindsets

https://earth.org/shifting-baseline-syndrome/

Are You Suffering From Shifting Baseline Syndrome?  | Earth.Org

Shifting Baseline Syndrome is a gradual change in the accepted norms for the condition of the environment due to a lack of knowledge of its past condition.

Earth.Org
Show threadFrank GresslinMay 1, 2023

#ClimateOptimism is an illusion, UN chief tells Cop26

"Optimistic assessments of progress on tackling the climate crisis were “an illusion”, the UN secretary general has said in a scathing critique of world leaders’ efforts so far to cut greenhouse gas emissions and stave off climate breakdown." #ccmindsets

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/01/climate-optimism-is-an-illusion-un-chief-tells-cop26

Climate optimism is an illusion, UN chief tells Cop26

António Guterres says talks may have to become annual and urges countries to ‘choose ambition’

The Guardian
Show threaddatum (n=1)Jan 10
@frankgresslin relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE5YwN4NW5o
The smoke filled room study

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