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'Alice through the Looking Glass' mechanics: the rejection of (climate) science

Science strives for coherence. People who are threatened by climate change science cannot provide an alternative view that is coherent by the standards of conventional scientific thinking.

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Imagining conspiracies
Imagining conspiracies

The White Queen, by John Tenniel. 1865. Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain. Some rights reserved.
The White Queen, by John Tenniel. 1865. Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain. Some rights reserved.

The White Queen, by John Tenniel. 1865. Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain. Some rights reserved.“CO2 keeps our planet warm . . . .”
— Ian Plimer, Australian climate “skeptic”, Heaven & Earth, p. 411

Temperature and CO2 are not connected.”
— Ian Plimer, Australian climate “skeptic”, Heaven & Earth, p. 278