Skeptic Project

I can translate the following:

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/63191</p>

Proponents of human-caused global warming claim that "cognitive" brain function prevents conservatives from accepting the science that says "climate change" is an imminent threat to planet Earth and its inhabitants.

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Proponents of the hyperinflationary collapse of the American economy claim that "cognitive" brain function prevents progressives from accepting the economic science that says "fiat money" is an imminent threat to planet Earth and its inhabitants.

And, of course, neither side will concede error when its respective apocalypse based on its "frame" doesn't happen.

Ironically, after reading Lakoff's description of the Strict Father Model, I realized that that metaphor better describes how I make moral decisions than the Nurturant Parent Model. For one thing the empathy-speak popular with many intellectuals these days makes my skin crawl. And for another, I've always had the sense that we live in a dangerous world, a world which includes other people I probably shouldn't trust.

That doesn't mean I also have to buy into the religious and fringe economic beliefs (e.g., Austrian economics) held by other conservatives.