Unpersuasive: Why arguing about climate change often doesn’t work

Andy Warner

doi:10.1146/knowable-020718-103000

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Unpersuasive: Why arguing about climate change often doesn’t work

COMIC: In the US, where political parties have increasingly staked claims on one side of the issue or the other, beliefs may be more about belonging than facts

By Andy Warner 02.05.2018

10.1146/knowable-020718-103000

Andy Warner makes comics in a garden shed in San Francisco. A contributing editor at the Nib, he is the author of theNew York Times bestseller Brief Histories of Everyday Objects.

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<p class="article-subhead">COMIC: In the US, where political parties have increasingly staked claims on one side of the issue or the other, beliefs may be more about belonging than facts</p>
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<span class="author-byline">By Andy Warner</span>
<span class="pub-date">02.05.2018<span>
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