[lbo-talk] Pregnancy, annoying prenatal advice from uninformed people, and global warming denial

[Arthur Maisel]

Undoubtedly a part of the picture, but the effects of huge amounts of money
spent on propaganda against climate change shouldn't be ignored. One could
nitpick over whether the tendency described in the essay is really "human
nature" or the result of a culture in which so many important truths are
provisional---because scientific. It's hard to imagine anyone being willing
to be burned at the stake rather than to deny climate change (I use that
example precisely to avoid seeming to be nostalgic for a time when truths
were not so provisional).

On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 5:07 PM, Gar Lipow <gar.lipow at gmail.com> wrote:


> http://ensia.com/voices/pregnant-pause/?viewAll=1
>
> A pregnant woman is overwhelmed with prenatal advice by well-meaning
> friends, most of it nonsense. So for a while she stop listening to any
> advice. She finally begins listening again when she finds a source she
> trusts. She compares this to the counterproductive effects of a
> certain kind of fear-mongering in discussing the climate crisis.
>
> Highly recommended
>
> http://ensia.com/voices/pregnant-pause/?viewAll=1
>
> Also,  Catastrophism: The Apocalyptic Politics of Collapse and Rebirth
> which deals with this issue in depth is fabulous.Including a great
> intro by Doug.  But if you want a nice bit of story telling  on this,
> the above article is worth reading.
>
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