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How to talk to a climate denier

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How to Talk to Climate Deniers

Professor Sander van der Linen is a social psychology professor at the University of Cambridge. He advises us not to challenge climate deniers directly and never to throw insults, to say offensive, hurtful things directly to someone. Marco thinks it's possible to persuade an ill-informed person that climate change is a fact by sharing personal stories or asking them why they doubt the scientific evidence. Full-blown climate deniers are much harder to persuade.

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