Assignment:
Dr. Katharine Hayhoe talks to Bill Moyers about conflicts between people of different persuasions. Persuasions are not often founded on critical thinking. Dr. Hayhoe explains why Business and Economics may be the root of this particular problem.
Answer these questions in your own words:
- What is the difference between an urgent issue and a non-urgent one?
- How does urgency affect the discussion on climate change?
- What are "value based" and "faith based" thinking? How are they different from critical thinking?
- Why is this community struggling with climate change?
- What issues might make climate change frightening to this community's way of thinking?
- What roll does money, or business and economics play?
- What kinds of business might have an interest in influencing this discussion and why would they care?
- What suggestions do you have to further the discussion along in a healthy way, especially when people reject scientific consensus of an urgent issue?
- Explain the roll that education plays in urgent issues like this?