Among the more useful things psychologists
have come up with in helping us to understand the world is what they
call “projection” – that tendency in people who are not seeing the world
straight to “project” on to others the very failings they suffer from
themselves.
One prominent example
of this has been the contemptuous itch of those who passionately believe
that the world faces a catastrophe from global warming to dismiss
anyone daring to question their beliefs as a “denier”. In fact, it has
long been obvious that the only real “deniers” on the climate front are
those true believers themselves, who cannot face up to all the evidence
which makes their scare story ever less convincing."
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