it would be even better to believe correctly in global warming, but be cynical enough to not give a shit about it, but many people have some sort of cynicism limit...)
You don’t have to be especially cynical, just recognize the situation as the collective action problem that it is. I’m not that cynical but I’m also not a dupe.
Also, not believing in global warming, if global warming is real, is likely to lead you to do stupid things like accepting certain bets on global mean temperature fifty years out and purchasing coastal properties. So I don’t think it is instrumentally rational, either.
You don’t have to be especially cynical, just recognize the situation as the collective action problem that it is. I’m not that cynical but I’m also not a dupe.
Also, not believing in global warming, if global warming is real, is likely to lead you to do stupid things like accepting certain bets on global mean temperature fifty years out and purchasing coastal properties. So I don’t think it is instrumentally rational, either.