[Quality_Not_Quantity]

perceive the ability of the climate to impact their lives

And... there it is. But, wait! I have the perfect solution. Just tell people that it ISN'T getting warmer.

There, now - isn't it all better?

[Pecos]

We have now reached the post-scientific stage of our society in which news reports take the place of actual scientific evidence. Therefore, the Weekly World News, with its front page headline "Titanic Skipper Found Alive in Drifting Lifeboat" can be taken as the equivalent of any high school physics experiment. On that basis, the National Science Foundation, National Institute of Health, and every government and university research grant can be zeroed out of the federal budget. We'll save billions!