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| author | Joe Carstairs <s1806931@ed.ac.uk> | 2026-07-02 14:49:19 +0100 |
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| committer | Joe Carstairs <s1806931@ed.ac.uk> | 2026-07-02 14:49:19 +0100 |
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explore fossil-think
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diff --git a/chapter4.md b/chapter4.md index 1e2b093..482adde 100644 --- a/chapter4.md +++ b/chapter4.md @@ -95,10 +95,20 @@ for a minority cognition is still necessary. Recall that, as Thompson [@thompson-revelation] argued, St. John needed to use minority cognition in order to resist the overwhelming weight of the majority epistemology of Greek society, which would have pressed his audience into -submission to the imperial cult. Likewise, in our society, there is are +submission to the imperial cult. Likewise, in our society, there are empire-like forces constantly reinforcing dominant epistemologies, and among these is the fossil fuel industry. +'Doubt is our product,' declared an infamous memo by ? to ? \[CITE\], +describing their strategy of manufacturing scientific controversy on the health +effects of smoking in order to defend the tobacco industry's profits. The +fossil fuel industry has consistently employed the same PR contractors and even +scientific researchers in their efforts to use science to defend their profits +[@hulac-jul-2016]. Fossil fuel companies used balancing norms in journalism and +American values of fairness to demand an equal public hearing for climate +sceptics over their opponents, creating a public impression that the experts +are divided [@leah-2011, pp. 204-208]. + The fossil fuel industry has repeatedly bought out the science \[EVIDENCE\]. It continues to do so \[EVIDENCE\]. It has also reinforced conceptual frameworks such as 'carbon footprinting' which serve its interests by shifting blame for @@ -199,3 +209,11 @@ and likewise adopted a minority epistemology -- an eschatological vision -- in order to convince his audience that the good fight was worth fighting. \[EXAMPLES\] + +### TODO + +- Cite page numbers / find quotations from _Silent Spring_ +- Find evidence that the fossil fuel has and continues to buy the science +- Find examples of green tribulation discourse +- Find examples of green utopian end-time speculation +- Read all about the Green New Deal and incorporate evidence |