Govt considers u-turn on climate change in school curriculum (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 2 weeks ago by BlueEther@no.lastname.nz to c/politics

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[-] absGeekNZ 11 points 2 weeks ago

“It is all throughout the social sciences curriculum, and we’ll just signal it now and signpost where that is. But it is it is definitely there. I’ve had a look.”

It maybe "in there"; but climate change is not a social science, this is atmospheric physics, thermodynamics and chemistry.

Trying to reframe it as a social science is terrible.

[-] RephlectioNZ 6 points 2 weeks ago

I totally agree. I also think that the whole field since the 80s should be studied in social science as a masterclass in how corporate interests can influence public discourse and government policy to achieve outcomes that benefit business at the expense of people and the environment.

[-] absGeekNZ 4 points 2 weeks ago

This along with the tobacco, asbestos, glyphosate and a few others; where corporate interests subverted scientific evidence to influence policy to ensure that their business interests are favored.