1.0Sightline Institutehttps://www.sightline.orgAnna Faheyhttps://www.sightline.org/profile/anna-fahey/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="o0RH7ZPErF"><a href="https://www.sightline.org/2011/08/30/this-is-your-brain-on-climate-change/">This is Your Brain on Climate Change</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.sightline.org/2011/08/30/this-is-your-brain-on-climate-change/embed/#?secret=o0RH7ZPErF" width="600" height="338" title="“This is Your Brain on Climate Change” — Sightline Institute" data-secret="o0RH7ZPErF" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.sightline.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/fried-egg-MorgueFile-lebewesen.jpg23861789Remember those old anti-drug television commercials with an egg sizzling in frying pan? Here's a new twist: This is your brain. This is your brain on climate change. I've written before that with or without multimillion dollar campaigns to discredit climate science (and scientists), our brains don't seem very well equipped to fathom the scope or urgency of global warming. I'm not pointing this out in order to excuse our inaction. Rather, I aim to arm us to more effectively communicate about the problem and the myriad benefits of climate and energy solutions. To that end, I recommend Michael Shermer's Scientific American article, "The Believing Brain."