The Backfire Effect: There Is No Evidence Of Climate Change

The backfire effect is a psychological term used to describe someone who tries to persuade and change another person’s view with facts about a topic that both disagree on. Furthermore, the persuasion that’s used with evidence doesn’t work because instead of developing a total agreement on the dispute, the person disagreeing will grow stronger with his view. The backfire effect correlates with the fallacy of confirmation bias because both have the same interpretation of how a person stands firm with their position even if they’re is being debated with factual evidence. Additionally, confirmation bias states the person stands strong to his opinion because they’re mentally driven to keep their stance due to already being affirmed that their
On other hand, the arguing side states that it’s just a hoax and that scientist are doing it just to create income. Also, this side thinks that climate change isn’t real and that is just a matter that Earth atmospheric conditions are always changing through time. This issue associates with the backfire effect and how one will use psychological mechanisms to assert that one’s opinion is right. The first mechanism is one’s rejection toward the topic. The person against climate change will deny every fact that is being thrown at them so their ego won’t be hurt if they are wrong. Next mechanism is projection. If the person who supports the idea of climate change can’t change opposite side’s view, that person will start insulting them. Insults like “you don’t care about the world, and only about your pride.” Finally, intellectualization is used in this controversy. The person against the belief climate change will avoid the emotional facts like and organisms like polar bears are dying more each year due to their ecosystem being damaged. Furthermore, the person will say that “if this is a serious topic why are you bringing pathos into