The editorial boards are failing on climate
A lack of diversity and climate expertise within the Washington Post and New York Times editorial boards is making for dissonant, irresponsible opinion writing.
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When a person holds two or more conflicting attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors, we often say they are experiencing cognitive dissonance. But I recently learned that description isn’t totally correct. Cognitive dissonance is not the phenomenon of simply holding conflicting beliefs. It’s the phenomenon of being uncomfortable because you hold conflicting bel…