A paper by Cornell scientist Janis L. Dickinson is drawing new attention as an explanation for the rise in climate science denial.
(It’s all explained by Zero Mostel in this classic episode of The Muppet Show.)
In The People Paradox, published last year at Ecology and Society, Dickinson follows up on Ernest Becker’s 1973 work The Denial of Death, suggesting that when people are confronted by death they often react by shoring up their worldview, rejecting anyone or anything which threatens it, and focusing on self-esteem.
Patch Tuesday, May 2024 Edition
-
Microsoft today released updates to fix more than 60 security holes in
Windows computers and supported software, including two "zero-day"
vulnerabilities i...
4 days ago
0 comments:
Post a Comment