> Not really. Environmentalism is no different from other topics
mentioned
> in your missive and, for that matter, most of passes for scientific
theory
> in general. Every one of them is a cognitive strategy that involves
two
> processes: the positive heuristics or imposing a culturally
meaningful
> interpretation on a selectively assembled set of facts, and the
negative
> heuristic or steering any inquiry away from facts that may undermine
that
> interpretation (i.e. dismissing evidence as irrelavant or
althogether
> ignoring it).
>
> What falsifies interpretations, ideologies and scientific theories
is not
> facts, but the socially, culturally and politically constructed
rules of
> what facts count as valid contradicting evidence.
>
> wojtek
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Reflexivity alert!!!!!
Ian