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Adrahil

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6. I suspect your right, but...

Fri Mar 31, 2017, 08:29 AM

Mar 2017

in my experience, many conservative science deniers are reasonably intelligent, but lack critical thinking skills. They seek to justify their positions in any way possible, rather than examining their positions in any critical way. Some of them believe their own nonsense because they have no developed the intellectual skills to see through the bullshit and lies. But I'm of the opinion that people like Pruitt KNOW they are peddling lies and it's all abut squeezing out more profit (see my post above about tobacco companies). Only now, he's actually in fucking charge of one of the organizations responsible for exposing the lies <sigh>.

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Scientists understood the climate 150 years ago better than the EPA head today [View all] malaise Mar 2017 OP

Pruitt claims to follow John Chrity's ideas. Adrahil Mar 2017 #1

They search far and wide to find the one or two scientists who deny global warming or it's Ligyron Mar 2017 #2

It's the authoritarian mind set which is the opposite of the scientific mindset. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2017 #3

It's a prime example of outcome-based thinking. Adrahil Mar 2017 #5

All you need to do is follow the scientist's money to show their bias. Dustlawyer Mar 2017 #7

Pruitt knows the truth Mr. Ected Mar 2017 #4

I suspect your right, but... Adrahil Mar 2017 #6

I agree... SkyDaddy7 Mar 2017 #9

The anti climate change guys are motivated and have big bucks to spare Le Gaucher Mar 2017 #8

It's fascist thinking malaise Mar 2017 #10

Sesquicentennial for a lot of bad ideas in the Trump Administration. n/t Orsino Mar 2017 #11

Surely he's not actually this ignorant Calculating Mar 2017 #12