How Do We Know What We Know?
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/how-do-we-know-what-we-know/
Worldwide scientific consensus warns of climate disaster and has made an urgent call for action. Yet, the Trump administration has doubled down on its effort to suppress the science around climate change, burying government-funded studies from public view. While the reality of climate change is not debated among scientists, that same science is dismissed by the Trump administration and a proportion of the U.S. public.
Science, once celebrated, faces increases rejection as the clock ticks on climate change. What underlies the increased out-of-hand rejection of science?
