I’m still very vague about what you want to prevent. You want non-technical people to all agree on something? To be mild rather than passionate, if they do disagree? Are you aiming to avoid political polarisation, specifically? Do you just want people to agree that there’s a problem, but not necessarily agree on the solution?
Yes, it’s fair to say that I’d like people to disagree mildly rather than passionately if they do disagree. Belief in human-caused climate change actually decreased among half of the US population even as evidence accumulated, based on the polarization effects. And I think those could be deadly, since having a lot of people disagree might well produce no regulatory action whatsoever.
I don’t think this is likely to polarize along existing political lines, and thank goodness. But it is a pretty important issue that people are passionate about, and that creates a strong potential for polarization.
I’m still very vague about what you want to prevent. You want non-technical people to all agree on something? To be mild rather than passionate, if they do disagree? Are you aiming to avoid political polarisation, specifically? Do you just want people to agree that there’s a problem, but not necessarily agree on the solution?
Yes, it’s fair to say that I’d like people to disagree mildly rather than passionately if they do disagree. Belief in human-caused climate change actually decreased among half of the US population even as evidence accumulated, based on the polarization effects. And I think those could be deadly, since having a lot of people disagree might well produce no regulatory action whatsoever.
I don’t think this is likely to polarize along existing political lines, and thank goodness. But it is a pretty important issue that people are passionate about, and that creates a strong potential for polarization.