Sentences with phrase «society deal with the dangers»

How does society deal with the dangers of The Perception Gap when, no matter how well informed people are nor how well - educated, their subjective interpretations of information still don't match the evidence — in ways that create risk, for themselves, or for society?

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There is a tremendous disconnect between what most people (especially here in the US) think that the state of the scientific knowledge is, and what it really is — partly, I think, because it's hard to grasp just how big the field of climate science is, partly because of organized disinformation campaigns orchestrated by the likes of Senator Inhofe, Exxon and Massey Energy, and informed by the tactics (and sometimes funding sources) of the tobacco denial movement, and partly because who really * wants * to believe in a big, tough - to - deal - with danger to the well - being of our kids and our society?

While that's a virtue of society, it also teaches us to keep our guard down — and hampers our ability to assess true danger — when dealing with strangers.