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canoeist52

(2,282 posts)
Thu Jan 22, 2015, 12:54 PM Jan 2015

How to get someone to change their mind about climate change, or anything else.

20 minutes of helpful advice here. "Communications expert George Marshall offers six strategies for talking to people who don't accept that climate change is happening Drawing on his workshops in climate communications and the latest social research he proposes a respectful approach that responds to their interests and values. He says that you should keep away from an argument about the science and concentrate on the personal journey that led you to accept the problem. Try it and you'll find it works."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-ts=1421782837&v=Qp-nJKBwQR4&x-yt-cl=84359240

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How to get someone to change their mind about climate change, or anything else. (Original Post) canoeist52 Jan 2015 OP
I appreciate this, I was just listening to a denier who expressed anguish that anyone would actually NoJusticeNoPeace Jan 2015 #1
The Insurance Companies Know That Climate Change Is Real.... global1 Jan 2015 #2

NoJusticeNoPeace

(5,018 posts)
1. I appreciate this, I was just listening to a denier who expressed anguish that anyone would actually
Thu Jan 22, 2015, 12:58 PM
Jan 2015

believe the entire legitimate scientific world and not the oil companies and Koch Bros.

An actual middle class, average Joe who was in agony trying to understand how we became brainwashed by the ENTIRE LEGITIMATE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY ...



And while I am tempted to say that the way you talk to deniers is you dont, I will watch your video...

global1

(25,166 posts)
2. The Insurance Companies Know That Climate Change Is Real....
Thu Jan 22, 2015, 02:10 PM
Jan 2015

and we're facing a critical point. They are raising premiums. They are denying taking on and insuring certain properties that are in the biggest danger. They are looking for cagey ways to deny claims when in fact a person has to make a claim based on weather related damage.

They know and they should be communicating this to people - but they don't because they need to keep their businesses afloat and still generate premium revenue.

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