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Feb232010

NPR Story on Climate Change

AuthorDon Braman

Christopher Joyce has a nice story on how cultural cognition shapes perceptions of climate change:   

"Basically the reason that people react in a close-minded way to information is that the implications of it threaten their values," says Dan Kahan, a law professor at Yale University and a member of The Cultural Cognition Project. 

Have a listen!

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It is great that people are able to take the loan and that opens new chances.

May 23, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterTraciWilliamson

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