Climate science is Nate Silver and U.S. politics is Karl Rove

Climate science is Nate Silver and U.S. politics is Karl Rove 

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Overview

Similar to the 2012 presidential election, the climate crisis is another issue in which empiricists' predictions are being ignored. When it comes to climate change, the numbers are clear. If we continue on our current path, the earth's core temperature will increase by a likely eight degrees F by 2100. This would lead to destruction out of our imagination, with plagues, droughts, food shortages and more. Science is telling us that unless we start dealing with climate change we are doomed. However, just like the 2012 presidential election, people are choosing to ignore science. People just thought that Romney would win then, and people think that climate change is not happening. The science is too scary, and the possible fixes are alarmist. But unlike the 2012 election if people do not realize that empiricism is right, then the effects will be permanent, as just because people thought Romney would win, Obama did.

Analysis

 Climate change is a scary thing. But this article has a point. Science points to our world needing a change in direction. The climate points to this. Nearly every piece of evidence that we have points to this. But people simply choose to ignore this, and instead choose to assume that the easier, not-scary option is the right one. People are really just denying that climate change is happening. However I feel that this article doesn't make it clear whether this is a conscious or a subconscious decision. It just says that people are denying that this is happening, and that they are denying it because it is easier to deny than not to deny. But I do not think that they are doing this consciously. I believe that our minds are doing this on their own, which is a scary thought indeed.

Roberts, David. "Climate Science Is Nate Silver and U.S. Politics Is Karl Rove." Grist. Accessed February 04, 2013. http://grist.org/climate-energy/climate-science-is-nate-silver-and-u-s-politics-is-karl-rove/.