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get the red out Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-27-09 09:15 AM
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6. We do cling to whatever gives us comfort though
People seem to absolutely cling to any distortion or outright lie that shelters them from the truth of climate change though.
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  -Research suggests we may be genetically programmed to care about the long-term future OKIsItJustMe  May-27-09 08:53 AM   #0 
  - Because there's so much evidence in our actions?  villager   May-27-09 08:56 AM   #1 
  - My thoughts exactly - and they know this because of our behavior?  hatrack   May-27-09 09:04 AM   #2 
  - (See my response below.)  OKIsItJustMe   May-27-09 09:10 AM   #4 
  - To date, I would dare say, the vast majority has been unaware of our effects on the climate  OKIsItJustMe   May-27-09 09:06 AM   #3 
  - It might be there, but  RDANGELO   May-27-09 09:13 AM   #5 
  - Sure, because if the tribe doesn't survive the immediate future, the distant past is meaningless  OKIsItJustMe   May-27-09 09:22 AM   #8 
  - We do cling to whatever gives us comfort though  get the red out   May-27-09 09:15 AM   #6 
  - Oh! Absolutely!  OKIsItJustMe   May-27-09 09:18 AM   #7 
  - I think the repukes, via inbreeding, have bred that trait out. nt  Javaman   May-27-09 11:39 AM   #9 
  - Unless you are a banker!!  applegrove   May-27-09 12:00 PM   #10 
  - Wait, what?  Dead_Parrot   May-27-09 01:10 PM   #11 
 

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