Thursday, March 15, 2012
Good sign for the future!
AP item:
Note the all-encompassing Stalinist 'we' from the psych prof.
As usual, when experts use a despite construction [as in "go against widespread belief..."] the truth is really because.
Teens are naturally inclined to rebel against the beliefs of the previous generation. When the previous generation treats the young with arrogant condescension and officially censors all unorthodox thoughts, the rebellion gets vastly stronger. Kids want to know what the adults are hiding, and since the advent of the Web, it's much easier for them to find out.
This applies to all the pseudosciences of the modern Establishment: Environment, Evolution, Economics, Cosmology, and Psychology. In all those areas, only one opinion is permitted in mass media and schools. In Environment and Evolution, heresy is officially prohibited in the schools.
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Sidenote for fairness: In each of those areas some honest science does exist, but the officially approved theories are fraudulent. The public spokesmen, the people who control the discussion and grants, are pushing provably wrong pseudotheories. ¶ 5:33 AM
An academic analysis of surveys spanning more than 40 years has found that today's young Americans are less interested in the environment and in conserving resources — and often less civic-minded overall — than their elders were when they were young.
The findings go against the widespread belief that environmental issues have hit home with today's young adults, known as Millennials, who have grown up amid climate change discussion and the mantra "reduce, reuse, recycle." The environment is often listed among top concerns of young voters.
"I was shocked," said Jean Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego State University who is one of the study's authors. "We have the perception that we're getting through to people. But at least compared to previous eras, we're not."
Note the all-encompassing Stalinist 'we' from the psych prof.
As usual, when experts use a despite construction [as in "go against widespread belief..."] the truth is really because.
Teens are naturally inclined to rebel against the beliefs of the previous generation. When the previous generation treats the young with arrogant condescension and officially censors all unorthodox thoughts, the rebellion gets vastly stronger. Kids want to know what the adults are hiding, and since the advent of the Web, it's much easier for them to find out.
This applies to all the pseudosciences of the modern Establishment: Environment, Evolution, Economics, Cosmology, and Psychology. In all those areas, only one opinion is permitted in mass media and schools. In Environment and Evolution, heresy is officially prohibited in the schools.
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Sidenote for fairness: In each of those areas some honest science does exist, but the officially approved theories are fraudulent. The public spokesmen, the people who control the discussion and grants, are pushing provably wrong pseudotheories. ¶ 5:33 AM
