[knz]

> they reject all scientific evidence for climate change

I stumbled across this earlier in the week (http://climatecommunication.yale.edu/visualizations-data/yco...) and found it interesting to see the difference in answers under "BELIEFS" (scroll past the map).

70% agree "Global warming is happening"

53% agree "Global warming is caused mostly by human activity"

49% agree that "Most scientists think global warming is happening"

71% strongly agree that they "Trust climate scientists"

What struck me the most was gap between the credibility of climate scientists and the two more heavily politicized topics of whether humans are driving climate change and whether there is agreement by scientists on it happening. How can ~ 70% of people agree it is happening and trust the scientists but only ~50% believe the outcome of the research?!

[golemotron]

One what basis do you expect consistency from humans? If ever there was an unexamined assumption, that's it.

[knz]

I don't expect it but I think it's a great illustration of the gap between reality and political belief (something we likely all suffer from to some degree).