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New book argues that social sciences are critical to climate conversation
themarketbusiness.com ^ | Richard Irwin

Posted on 08/22/2015 3:43:33 PM PDT by BenLurkin

“Though additional work always remains, the physical sciences have completed their core task when it comes to climate change,” says Bill McKibben... "What we don’t know is how to stop ourselves from harming the climate, which is why this book and the social sciences are so important.”

Edited by environmental sociologists Robert J. Brulle, PhD, a professor in Drexel University’s College of Arts and Sciences, and Riley E. Dunlap, a professor at Oklahoma State University, the book highlights new things by presenting climate change as a completely social phenomenon, implanted in behaviors, institutions and cultural practices.

“We need to develop the conversation to sociologists as well who can help address these human aspects of climate change and answer questions like, how can we change our culture of consumption, how will we respond to extreme weather events caused by climate change and how do we bridge the political divide on this issue,”

(Excerpt) Read more at themarketbusiness.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: billmckibben; brainwashing; climatechange; epa; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; popefrancis; rileyedunlap; robertjbrulle; romancatholicism
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1 posted on 08/22/2015 3:43:33 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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Translation:

how can we change our culture of consumption = how can we force people to accept deprivation.

how will we respond to extreme weather events caused by climate change = how can we turn every bad storm into a propaganda tool.

how do we bridge the political divide on this issue = how can we silence the voices of reason.


2 posted on 08/22/2015 3:43:50 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

OK!! Everybody pay attention!

Lesson for today:

1. The sun is 1,300,000 times as big as the earth.

2. The sun is a ball of fire that controls the climates of all its planets.

3. The earth is one of the sun’s planets.

4. The earth is a speck in comparison to the size of the sun.

5. Inhabitants of the earth are less than specks.

Study Question: How do less-than-specks in congress plan to control the sun?


3 posted on 08/22/2015 3:50:18 PM PDT by abclily
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To: BenLurkin

The first thing to do is fire all university professors who teach this unscientific religion in the guise of “science” to our gullible youth. Just cutting down on their hot air will decrease global warming.


4 posted on 08/22/2015 3:50:28 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: BenLurkin

No way the taxpayers should ever fund the “social sciences” in state schools (or indirectly in private schools).


5 posted on 08/22/2015 3:51:19 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: BenLurkin
and

Shut off the real climate scientists (the ones not bought with grant money) and let the bogus “science” of sociology instruct the gullible

6 posted on 08/22/2015 3:53:28 PM PDT by gasport (Immigration reform means arriving in air-conditioned comfort.)
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To: BenLurkin

If the core tasks of the physical sciences was fraud, data tampering, perverting peer review and ignoring reality, than yes, they have succeeded.


7 posted on 08/22/2015 3:55:27 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The use of the name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: BenLurkin

Social manipulation.


8 posted on 08/22/2015 4:02:33 PM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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To: BenLurkin

These people give me a headache.
It’s probably from slamming my head against the desk every time I read some total cow flop ramblings, written by someone with a bunch of letters after his name.

I used to have a sticker on my truck that read, “Stupidity Should Be Painful”.
This guy wouldn’t understand it, but his picture should be on the sticker.


9 posted on 08/22/2015 4:03:54 PM PDT by rikkir (You can lead a horde to knowledge but you can't make them think. (TnkU ctdonath2))
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10 posted on 08/22/2015 4:05:41 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Democrats and GOP-e: a difference of degree, not philosophy)
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To: BenLurkin

makes me sorry to say i went to OSU. And the putz is a regent’s professor.... phd university of oregon ‘73.

Very happy though my kids went to Texas A&M... still the most conservative school in the U.S.

What do you call an Aggie Engineer five years after graduation? Boss more often than not.


11 posted on 08/22/2015 4:06:44 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchaned our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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To: BenLurkin

Critical as conduits of propaganda and enforcers of Right-Think.


12 posted on 08/22/2015 4:08:19 PM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: BenLurkin

We have massive student debt to help pay for this idiocy.


13 posted on 08/22/2015 4:17:00 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: BenLurkin
Robert J. Brulle, PhD

PhD = Piled Higher & Deeper

14 posted on 08/22/2015 4:20:54 PM PDT by uglybiker (nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
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To: BenLurkin

Do as we do, think as we think or you will be shunned and starve.


15 posted on 08/22/2015 4:29:35 PM PDT by stboz
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To: BenLurkin

environmental sociologists ?


16 posted on 08/22/2015 4:36:10 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: MarvinStinson
environmental sociologists ?

Don't make the mistake of trying to make sense of it.

17 posted on 08/22/2015 4:37:53 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: BenLurkin
New book argues that social sciences are critical to climate conversation

Well, duh! Those nasty, linear, phallo-centric real sciences are all FACT-BASED! How can you expect them to understand the genius that is The Won??

18 posted on 08/22/2015 4:39:15 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!Just read)
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To: stboz

Behave and you will receive a steady ration of grasshopper gruel. No air conditioning for you though. That will be reserved for the elites.


19 posted on 08/22/2015 4:47:29 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Translation: we’ve decided the science is settled and supports our agenda, now we need social scientists to convert people to our ideology that is supposedly backed by the science.


20 posted on 08/22/2015 4:59:39 PM PDT by tbw2
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