Doom and Doubt

If the words and work of Pope Francis, one of the most influential people in the world, cannot change the views of climate skeptics, than I cannot imagine if anything or anyone will be able to. The only thing that may actually make them believe that climate change is a problem is when the day after tomorrow strikes this world. Denying that human actions are causing the problem can be one understandable argument or opinion I suppose, but when one simply does not believe that the climate is warming at all, even if it is from natural causes is one that I truly struggle to understand. Sure science can be hard to interpret and understand, but people in academia have done marvels to put it in words for the common working person to understand. The Grist headline on my Facebook page today was "Sea Levels are Rising and They're Not Going to Stop says NASA," http://grist.org/science/sea-levels-are-rising-and-theyre-not-going-to-stop-says-nasa/?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=update.
If the people who can figure out how to get to the moon and back safely say that sea levels are rising, I would think that many would be inclined to believe them and start taking actions to prevent further disaster. I appreciated the scholars, scientists, and skeptics in the film Merchants of Doubt. What I would really like to see would be a film from the perspective of the skeptics. I think this would be horrible for the common person to watch as it could completely misguide a common person and corrupt the minds of the young. But as any good advocate, it is always important to see the other side of the argument. We were introduced to quite a bit of that in the film, but I would be curious to see an entire film from that perspective. While we cannot change the minds of these skeptics, we can only continue to move forward and educate the younger generation on the problem, and take steps toward solutions in Paris and our local communities.