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  • It’s not that they don’t care I think. It’s more that the human brain is not very good at understanding and visualising massive things (be it numbers, space, complex systems, etc).

    We’re really good at gathering and communicating information though, which helps us make sense of the world.

    The big problem is that we allow people’s opinions to have as much weight as data and facts. So when you have data and facts about climate change presented at the same level as climate denialism, most people don’t really see the difference when it comes to the weight of the data vs the opinion of some guy.

    It’s almost like some people benefit from withholding information, controlling the narrative, and having a public with low critical thinking.