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Bjorn Lomborg: Patient Zero of Climate Denial

Behind the Bastards

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Is God's Will for Me to Be an Asshole?

There's a sizable chunk of American Christians in particular who believe that the apocalypse is preordained essentially. And I think those people once upon a time, you couldn't take them seriously like like in mainstream politics. Lumborg provided a chance for more technocratic conservatives like my parents who were like religious, but not really religious. They could look at this guy's arguments and be like, well, now here's a smart educated scientist with doctor in his name.

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