tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233606805709071194.post4156170427200706783..comments2023-03-25T05:50:35.592-07:00Comments on ink and ashes: social movements of conservation and evolutionFrederik Sisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963689819495851315noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233606805709071194.post-66996617168052484332012-02-29T18:25:52.978-08:002012-02-29T18:25:52.978-08:00I agree completely, Catherine. And the Internet, s...I agree completely, Catherine. And the Internet, somewhat paradoxically, has only made the problem worse. The sad thing is that the commentariat no longer values intellect, curiosity, and open-mindedness. Hence we mostly get opinion-mongers who simply perpetuate the same old sound bites. What we have isn't reasoning by reason, but reasoning by infectious memes.Frederik Sisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15963689819495851315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233606805709071194.post-48854857712355118512012-02-29T14:41:26.813-08:002012-02-29T14:41:26.813-08:00Part of the problem is that the debate is anything...Part of the problem is that the debate is anything but honest. Too much money is at stake to have a straightforward discussion of what is best for society. It would take so much effort to filter out the propaganda, disinformation, hero worship, nationalism, religious arguments (not to mention a natural mutual tendency to procrastinate on the hard stuff) and other granfalloons to be able to approach anything from a social scientist perspective. Hence, the sad inevitability of cataclysmic change. This time I fear time is not on our side with climate change setting the deadline.Catherinenoreply@blogger.com