SCI 256 Developing a Position About Climate Change Summary Paper

In the attached article, summarize the main argument as presented by the author about climate change and denial.

How culture shapes thc climate change debate
Hoffman, Andrew J
2015
Stanford University Press Stanford, California
SUBJECTIVE
ANNOTATIONS
5.
What is the power
of cultural identity?
What is the
connecting factor of
cultural values to
climate change?
What was the
research question
for Aaron McCright?
According to
McCright, does it
mean that the
educated are more
concerned about
climate change?
Is education directly
related to cultural
identity?
What is the reason
behind the
assumption about
the impact of
scientific knowledge
on how to deal with
climate change?
Does it mean it only
through cultural
identity can people
understand climate
change?
ORIGINAL
Cultural identity can overpower scientific
reasoning. When belief or disbelief in climate
change becomes connected to our cultural
identity, contrary scientific evidence can actually
make us more resolute in resisting conclusions
that are at variance with our cultural beliefs.
Research by sociologists Aaron McCright from
Michigan State University and Riley Dunlap from
Oklahoma State University found that increased
education and self-reported understanding of
climate science corresponds with greater
concern among those who already believe in
climate change but less concern among those
who do not. Kahan and colleagues have found
that “members of the public with the highest
degrees of science literacy and technical
reasoning capacity … were the ones among
whom cultural polarization was greatest.” In
short, increased knowledge tends to strengthen
our position on climate change, regardless of
what that position is. This conclusion challenges
the common assumption that more scientific
information will help convince Americans of the
need to deal with climate change. Instead, the
key to engaging the debate is addressing the
deeper ideological, cultural, and social filters that
are triggered by this issue.
OBJECTIVE
ANNOTATIONS
Pple tend to consider
CL beliefs comp to SK
Pple will resist scntfc
evid. If matchd with
their values and
beliefs
McCright (r/ship btn
eductin and climate
change)
Kahan (culture
influences sci literacy
individuals)
The more pple learn
the more they belief
about climate change
Therefor, culture
override scientific
know on CL change.
Objective Question
Does it mean that
despite the level of
scientific knowledge
people will address
climate change
according to their
values and beliefs?