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Posted Fri Nov 14 2008: from Greater Good Magazine: Are Human Beings Hard-Wired to Ignore the Threat of Catastrophic Climate Change? http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1226678482 ...a growing number of social scientists are offering their expertise in behavioral decision making, risk analysis, and evolutionary influences on human behavior to explain our limited responses to global warming. Among the most significant factors they point to: The way we're psychologically wired and socially conditioned to respond to crises makes us ill-suited to react to the abstract and seemingly remote threat posed by global warming. Their insights are also leading to some intriguing recommendations about how to get people to take action-including the potentially dangerous prospect of playing on people's fears. [Read more stories about: stupid humans] New!: Your Quips: stephen says: "We're *built this way?"!!? oh man...." Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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