The backfire effect is where incorrect beliefs are strengthened by contradictory facts. For instance, consider someone who strongly believes the sky is red. You can show them pictures; you can explain the emissions spectrum of the molecules in the atmosphere; you can take them outside and make them look up; and after this, they will believe even more strongly that the sky is red.
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Human-caused global warming is real, and there is no real scientific debate.
While the exact impact is still being studied, the fact of human-caused global warming is not in question. Nor are evolution or the age of the Earth.
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