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  • Global warming a tough sell for the human psyche (It's not in people's faces say psychologist)

    12/17/2009 4:42:52 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 16 replies · 484+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 12/17/09 | Malcolm Ritter - ap
    NEW YORK – The Copenhagen talks on climate change were convened with a sense of urgency that many ordinary folks don't share. Why is that? One big reason: It's hard for people to get excited about a threat that seems far away in space and time, psychologists say. "It's not in people's faces," said psychologist Robert Gifford of the University of Victoria in British Columbia. "It is in the media, but not in their everyday experience. That's quite a different thing." The consequences of global warming are seen as occurring in far-off places, he said: "It's happening up in the...