Some people just don't think the way you do. Despite scientific findings, many people deny the existence of anthropogenic climate change, or the urgency in addressing it. Combatting climate change will require majority consensus.
This was the first class I took taught by two professors simultaneously, and wow it was interesting. Professor David Battisti and Stevan Harrell, who have been friends for years, always had a clever, funny banter that was hilarious to watch as well as incredibly informative, they constantly challenged each others thinking, which in turn made me have to think much harder to evaluate which professor's view I agreed with more. Sometimes the did agree, which made it a little easier.
This class was definitely one of the most interesting I think I'll take at UW. Focusing on issues that showed a harsh decline in public acceptance of proven, peer reviewed science such as Evolution and Climate Change, I learned a great deal about the way people thought and how people come to believe things that are viewed by many in the academic community as false and erroneous. Throughout the course of this class I realized something that really drove me on the path I am now. I knew going into that quarter I was set on doing something to address climate change, and after taking this class and realizing, frustratingly, that some people will just always disagree with proven science, even if their decision has a major effect on how we as a society go about combatting issues that inevitably effect us all (global warming). Realizing that this so frustrated me, coupled with the realization that going after environmental law also just wasn't for me, I set myself on what I could do to combat global warming by an area that I've always been interested in an intrigued by - clean tech and renewable energy.
If you get a chance to take a class with Professor Battisti (Professor Harrell is now retired), I would highly recommend it. He will challenge you, and that is a good thing.
This class was definitely one of the most interesting I think I'll take at UW. Focusing on issues that showed a harsh decline in public acceptance of proven, peer reviewed science such as Evolution and Climate Change, I learned a great deal about the way people thought and how people come to believe things that are viewed by many in the academic community as false and erroneous. Throughout the course of this class I realized something that really drove me on the path I am now. I knew going into that quarter I was set on doing something to address climate change, and after taking this class and realizing, frustratingly, that some people will just always disagree with proven science, even if their decision has a major effect on how we as a society go about combatting issues that inevitably effect us all (global warming). Realizing that this so frustrated me, coupled with the realization that going after environmental law also just wasn't for me, I set myself on what I could do to combat global warming by an area that I've always been interested in an intrigued by - clean tech and renewable energy.
If you get a chance to take a class with Professor Battisti (Professor Harrell is now retired), I would highly recommend it. He will challenge you, and that is a good thing.