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Even depressions end. Climate chaos may not.

— Greg Craven What's the Worst That Could Happen?: A Rational Response to the Climate Change Debate (2009)

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In any disagreement between what we want to be true and what is true, physical reality wins every time.

What's the Worst That Could Happen?: A Rational Response to the Climate Change Debate (2009)

Try to keep in mind one of the fundamental aspects of science: letting the evidence form belief rather than belief select evidence.

What's the Worst That Could Happen?: A Rational Response to the Climate Change Debate (2009)

As humans, we reflexively reject arguments that contradict what we would like to be true.

What's the Worst That Could Happen?: A Rational Response to the Climate Change Debate (2009)

Knowing how to combat your own confirmation bias helps remove that huge handicap that we all share—the tendency for our beliefs to drift toward what we want to be true.

What's the Worst That Could Happen?: A Rational Response to the Climate Change Debate (2009)

New breakthrough technologies can make it easier, but we've already got, right now, everything we need to accomplish the task of transforming our energy economy away from fossil fuels. Except the willingness.

What's the Worst That Could Happen?: A Rational Response to the Climate Change Debate (2009)

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