04 July 2006

this may explain a lot

Humans Wired to Respond to Short-Term Problems Harvard psychology professor Daniel Gilbert argues that humans are exquisitely adapted to respond to immediate problems, such as terrorism, but not so good at more probable, but distant dangers, like global warming. He talks about his op-ed piece which appeared in Sunday's Los Angeles Times. [audio available at NPR]

If only gay sex caused global warming Why we're more scared of gay marriage and terrorism than a much deadlier threat.

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