Tony Judge reminds us of fundamental shortcomings on how humans currently deal with major issues threatening the collapse of civilisation. Don't dismiss this as far off. Continuous ignorance of these matters will lead to catastrophe, since essential matters of governance, change of mindsets and climate change response are ignored.

For the full article go to : www.laetusinpraesens.org/musings/denial.php

Written on the occasion of an announcement by the FAO of 1.02 billion people hungry and by the World Bank of a trillion dollar drain on the world's poor, with flows to the developing world halving in 2009 as a result of the financial recession.

Overview:

# Questionable asystemic promotion of strategies against "climate change":

    * "climate change" as the "most important problem facing humanity" *

    "climate change" as a surrogate for avoidance of other issues and more comprehensive debate

# Questionable use of the best of scientific method in relation to "climate change":

    * scientific research "nested" within an unscientific context

    * promotion of "consensus" on "climate change" by the sciences

    * reliance on modelling methodology (recently demonstrated to increase global vulnerability disastrously)

# Questionable exploitation of faith-based behaviour patterns of organized belief systems (notably ideologies and religions):

    * identifying "unbelief" and "denial" to stigmatize critics of "climate change"

    * failure to consider issues conflicting with predetermined ideological or religious dogma

    * failure to identify issues which it is too problematic to recognize and discuss

    * institutionalization of double standards with respect to suffering

# Problematic failure to reflect on strategic development in the light of past experience:

    * challenges of broken promises and commitments, disguised by tokenism

    * abuse of faith in governance

    * lack of the political will to change

    * lack of political courage to consider alternatives

# Problematic progressive focus on unproven geoengineering options as offering the most viable solution

# Overpopulation denial: failure to consider progressive implications of overpopulation

    * denial

    * overpopulation

    * shortages

# Developing a healthy pattern of argumentation

    * dialogue, argument and issue mapping

    * polyhedral configuration of envisaged initiatives

    * application of critical thinking to detect fallacious argument

# Climate change and overpopulation as cultural challenges of reflexivity

    * out-of-the-box in the light of psychoanalysis

    * fundamental psychological significance of climate change

    * potential implication of associations of concepts

# Possibility of rapid reframing for an appropriate shift in focus

    * refocusing official documents by substitution

    * playfulness and humour

    * song and poetry

    * systemic mapping of associations

Regards

Tony

http://www.laetusinpraesens.org

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