Bindesh Shrestha » Politics http://www.bindesh.com Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:07:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 3 Steps of Anthropogenic Climate Change Deniers http://www.bindesh.com/2010/02/3-steps-of-anthropogenic-climate-change-denier/ http://www.bindesh.com/2010/02/3-steps-of-anthropogenic-climate-change-denier/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 02:09:00 +0000 Bindesh Shrestha http://www.bindesh.com/?p=70
  • “You're wrong and I can prove it.
  • “You're right but it doesn't matter.”
  • “It matters but it's too late to do anything about it.”

    • Summarized from the article “Convincing the climate-change skeptics”  by John P. Holdren (2008)

    Share/Bookmark]]>     http://www.bindesh.com/2010/02/3-steps-of-anthropogenic-climate-change-denier/feed/ 1     Why people vote against their own interests? http://www.bindesh.com/2010/02/why-people-vote-against-their-own-interests/ http://www.bindesh.com/2010/02/why-people-vote-against-their-own-interests/#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:46:48 +0000 Bindesh Shrestha http://www.bindesh.com/?p=59 BBC's report written by David Runciman examines why people vote against their own interests. According to him and other psychologists, such as Drew Weston , people vote based on emotions. So good emotional stories rather than facts convince voters. Original article is here.

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