[quote=GBBob]I love this article..yes, it's an OP-ED piece from the LA times, but with all the WSJ crap I see posted around here, fair is fair..
The psychology at work here is pretty clear: Your average conservative may not know anything about climate science, but conservatives do know they hate Al Gore. So, hold up Gore as a hate figure and conservatives will let that dictate their thinking on the issue.
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Conservatives already acknowledge the brilliance of Al Gore -- didn't he invent the internet?
Your average liberal may very well know less about science than the conservatives do. They certainly use less logic in the formulation of their arguments.