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WARM_ENEMIES

                                             July 7, 2013

                                         GETTING_WARM
What sort of mental model should
one have for the opposition to
environmentalists on the global                  THE_HERETIC
warming issue?                                                CRANIAL_COOLING


 o Reflexive skepticism of
   environmental warnings,
   an expectation that they're            The mental modal matters:
   all exaggerated.                       Given some models, the
                                          dispute might be resolved
 o Acknowledgement of major               with factual argument.
   climate changes, but a
   faith that people can deal,            While given some modals,
   The Market will find a way.            addressing the opposition
                                          directly is appropriate,
 o Anti-social greed, an                  for others, there's no
   expectation that they                  point in that, and the
   themselves will be able                the only thing to do is
   to ride out the problems               play to the gallery.
   with their own wealth.



            The model that I'm interested in is
            "double-think".  They know what
            they're doing, and yet they don't.

            They half-way understand that their
            position is really nasty, and
            half-way believe that there's some
            sort of virtue of selfishness that
            will kick in, an invisible hand
            that will come to the rescue.






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