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(3,111 posts) Tue Apr 21, 2015, 12:58 PM Apr 2015

University offering free online course to demolish climate denial

Source: theGuardian

Starting 28 April, 2015, the University of Queensland is offering a free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) aimed at “Making Sense of Climate Science Denial”.

The course coordinator is John Cook, University of Queensland Global Change Institute climate communication fellow, and founder of the climate science myth debunking website Skeptical Science. Cook’s research has primarily focused on the psychology of climate science denial. As he explains,

97% of climate scientists agree that humans are causing global warming; however, less than half of Australians are aware of humanity’s role in climate change, while half of the US Senate has voted that humans aren’t causing global warming. This free course explains why there is such a huge gap between the scientific community and the public. Our course looks at what’s driving climate science denial and the most common myths about climate change.

The course includes climate science and myth debunking lectures by the international team of volunteer scientific contributors to Skeptical Science, including myself, and interviews with many of the world’s leading climate science and psychology experts. Making Sense of Climate Science Denial is a seven-week program featuring interviews with 75 scientific experts, including Sir David Attenborough, Katharine Hayhoe, Richard Alley, Michael Mann, and Naomi Oreskes.

The course incorporates lessons in both climate science and psychology to explain the most common climate myths and to detail how to respond to them. Research has shown that myth debunking is most effective when people understand why the myth originated in the first place. For example, cherry picking (focusing on a small bit of convenient data and ignoring the rest) is one of the most common fallacies behind climate science myths.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2015/apr/21/university-offering-free-online-course-to-demolish-climate-denial

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University offering free online course to demolish climate denial (Original Post) peoli Apr 2015 OP

The ones who claim mere man can't affect God's Creation are the dumbest. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #1

I disagree. Jackpine Radical Apr 2015 #2

They obviously didn't have the opportunity to experience WHEN CRABS ROAR Apr 2015 #6

Most who claim that have their head in the clouds.... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #7

just signed up dembotoz Apr 2015 #3

Signed up too. Why not? Easy & no hassle at all. slumcamper Apr 2015 #4

Enjoying a brief vacation in Cabo mountain grammy Apr 2015 #5

mark to return to rurallib Apr 2015 #8

signed up last month jimlup Apr 2015 #9

awesome, sharing. mahina Apr 2015 #10

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

1. The ones who claim mere man can't affect God's Creation are the dumbest.

Reply to peoli (Original post)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 01:08 PM

Apr 2015

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)

2. I disagree.

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 01:17 PM

Apr 2015

The ones who actually believe the ones who claim mere man can't affect God's Creation are the dumbest.

The difference is that the people actually pushing this denial stuff know better. Satan didn't even want to make an offer on their shriveled little souls, knowing He'll get them anyway, so they had to sell whatever credibility they were able to muster from their twisted academic and professional careers.