Activists, media, and politicians infected with dangerous overconfidence on climate change

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”-- So said the character Touchstone, the court jester, in Shakespeare’s comedic play As You Like It.

If England’s greatest poet and dramatist were still alive, he would point out the strange situation we find ourselves in today, namely that the people who know the least about many topics are often the most vocal in supporting their causes. For example, in the climate change debate, activists claim with self-righteous certainty that we are causing a climate emergency due to our emissions of carbon dioxide, and that vast changes in our society are needed to avert catastrophe. Yet experts aren’t nearly as confident. Although the media and world leaders tell us that the science is settled, a deeper dive into the issue reveals that it isn’t as clear cut as they make it out to be.

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