{"id":2159,"date":"2014-07-03T10:36:21","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T14:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=2159"},"modified":"2014-07-03T10:36:21","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T14:36:21","slug":"deniers-will-deny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2159","title":{"rendered":"Deniers will deny"},"content":{"rendered":"

Awesome! Going Ape <\/a>was used in this Tallahassee Democrat column to help show how evolution deniers and climate change deniers are a lot alike:\u00c2\u00a0Evolution, climate change share a lot<\/a><\/p>\n

In \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Going Ape,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d it is clear that nothing would convince some people that evolution is a scientific theory worth teaching. And I was struck by parallels with the battle over climate change.<\/p>\n

First, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no single alternative theory. Deniers just know the prevailing one is wrong. […] Second, Christian fundamentalism intrudes into both issues. […] Third, deniers jump on any scientific misstep. […]<\/p>\n

Finally, if all else fails, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a conspiracy. In Haught\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s book, over and over you hear from people certain that evolution is a plot to turn America into a godless nation. With climate change, the conspirators are many. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the big money behind climate change (though, if I were looking for money, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d hit up Exxon before I knocked on the door of a windmill-maker). It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s scientists tailoring their results to get more grants. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s President Obama conspiring to shut down coal plants (what does he have against West Virginia?).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Awesome! Going Ape was used in this Tallahassee Democrat column to help show how evolution deniers and climate change deniers are a lot alike:\u00c2\u00a0Evolution, climate change share a lot In \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Going Ape,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d it is clear that nothing would convince some … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-yP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3169,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=3169","url_meta":{"origin":2159,"position":0},"title":"Columns about science in Florida papers this week","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"January 20, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Columns were published in two papers this week about science. The first is by Pensacola News Journal writer Troy Moon:\u00c2\u00a0Flat Earthers \u00e2\u20ac\u201d science deniers, trolls or just kind of, well, not that bright? Some of you wise folks might have thought the Flat Earth Theory went away once humans learned\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2793,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2793","url_meta":{"origin":2159,"position":1},"title":"The fight will now be won or lost where you live.","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"June 26, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Unfortunately, the devious Instructional Materials bill, which creationists and climate change deniers absolutely love, is now signed into law by Governor Rick Scott. This means our fight is only just now beginning. Each and every one of us has to be on alert. 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