People Behave the Way they are Supposed To

This is hardly an earth-shaking statement - but for me, at least, a useful one.

If I want to see how the human world is working (or not working) all I have to do is look at how most humans are behaving in it.

But look at how they are really behaving, not how they say they are behaving. There is usually a huge difference.

In fact, this is the first thing to note about people - they usually behave differently than they think they behave.

And this is the first thing the Social Scientists have noted, and what people resent most about Science, It notices they way they actually are - not what they think they are.

This is easily noticed in the matter of Global Warming. This is happening, and cannot be stopped, but people are not noticing this. Or they will say it is not their problem, because its effects will not be obvious in their lifetime.

It is important, that we carefully analyze this kind of thinking. What is going on here, in the secret recesses of people's minds?

They have not recognized the problems of having a developed economy, one powered by the burning of fossil fuels. The gasoline they pump into their cars.