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Mitt Romney's Energy Advisers Are Terrifying

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Birth Control Works8/02/2012 7:47:10 pm PDT

re: #63 Interesting Times

Heh. His points are also indirectly touched upon by Skeptical Science’s Debunking Handbook - they talk about how conservatives are horrified by facts that threaten their worldview and sense of self, but became less so after completing a self-affirmation exercise:

That last part provides a valuable clue on how to break the hold the cynical propagandists have on their dupes.

You know, part of growing older (I’ve learned) is accepting change that one never thought possible. I’ve posted my list of things I never thought would happen and described how it affected me—usually with humor. Yet it is very hard, I can see how people get overloaded and say “enough!!!”. They put their heads-in-the sand and wait for SSI to kick in.

What I don’t get is the young people who believe in the anti-science shit etc.