Denial Silence is the curious form of cognitive dissonance that masquerades as real science, and that is exhibited by those people who claim that there is no human influence on the current trend in global warming/climate change.
This cognitive dissonance takes the form of ignoring most or even all of the empirical evidence for the causes of, and the very fact of, current planetary warming.
Climate change deniers are usually lay people with no scientific training or education, and yet they claim that their denial is itself scientific, and that thousands of the world's professional scientists somehow have it all wrong. This has led to frequent reference to their 'Denial Science', and the term 'Denial Silence' is a play on these words, as well as being a subtle reference to the fact that climate change deniers would like the scientific discussion of human impact on climate to be shut down, so that no action is taken to reduce activities that lead to carbon emissions.
The 'Silence' portion of the term 'Denial Silence' is also a reference to the 'Silence' in Dr Who - a race of aliens able to edit from a human's mind any memory of ever having seen, heard or encountered these aliens, as soon as the humans are no longer able to see them. Similarly, deniers of anthropogenic global warming appear to edit from their minds any knowledge/understanding of real science as soon as they hear, read, or are otherwise informed of actual climatological/physical fact.
This cognitive dissonance takes the form of ignoring most or even all of the empirical evidence for the causes of, and the very fact of, current planetary warming.
Climate change deniers are usually lay people with no scientific training or education, and yet they claim that their denial is itself scientific, and that thousands of the world's professional scientists somehow have it all wrong. This has led to frequent reference to their 'Denial Science', and the term 'Denial Silence' is a play on these words, as well as being a subtle reference to the fact that climate change deniers would like the scientific discussion of human impact on climate to be shut down, so that no action is taken to reduce activities that lead to carbon emissions.
The 'Silence' portion of the term 'Denial Silence' is also a reference to the 'Silence' in Dr Who - a race of aliens able to edit from a human's mind any memory of ever having seen, heard or encountered these aliens, as soon as the humans are no longer able to see them. Similarly, deniers of anthropogenic global warming appear to edit from their minds any knowledge/understanding of real science as soon as they hear, read, or are otherwise informed of actual climatological/physical fact.
Were it not for the disturbing phenomenon of Denial Silence, the world would be decades further advanced in addressing the global impacts stemming from the contribution of human carbon dioxide emissions to the warming of the planet.
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When it is acceptable for a party to lie about what they did because the truth would hurt too much and cause many problems.
by Kung-Fu Jesus April 16, 2004
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girl- "I love you."
guy- "I love you, too."
girl- "Then why did you want to break up with me?"
guy- "I just need some space away from you and some time to think about how I feel about being single."
********Days Later ***
girl- "Hey.What are you doing sat night?"
girl's friend- "Hi. Nothing much. Just having some people over and drinking. You and the bf should come over too."
girl- "Yeah. Sounds like fun. I will see if he wants to go."
The girl shows up alone and gives an excuse for the bf because....she is single and that is what it's like to be In denial.
guy- "I love you, too."
girl- "Then why did you want to break up with me?"
guy- "I just need some space away from you and some time to think about how I feel about being single."
********Days Later ***
girl- "Hey.What are you doing sat night?"
girl's friend- "Hi. Nothing much. Just having some people over and drinking. You and the bf should come over too."
girl- "Yeah. Sounds like fun. I will see if he wants to go."
The girl shows up alone and gives an excuse for the bf because....she is single and that is what it's like to be In denial.
by Claire Marie April 17, 2008
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by Denbigh Dog October 17, 2006
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by FrankieUnknown September 2, 2006
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