If people are products of their environment, why do you think you can magically correct their ignorance?
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There is no MAGICAL correction to ignorance. There is not a bandage that performs a miracle in curing a wound that has festered for their entire life. All you can do to "correct" their ignorance is study what they do not understand, or study what they believe in. Do research.  And talk to them about why they believe the way they do.  MOST OF THE IGNORANT do not even KNOW why they believe what they do and when presented with actual knowledge tend to buckle because they have NOTHING to back up what they say they know. Hence the ignorance.
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Because their ignorant!
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To educate ignorant people like you.
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How f'ing ignorant are you?
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I don't think I can give an unbiased view. This admin seems to favor big business over all else, and because of this one of the biggest losers is the environment. It's a case in study of the old "Tragedy of the Commons." Of course, it's not just this administration, and a lot of the cause can just be blamed on our culture as a whole. We have a low population density compared to other environmentally similar locations in the world, so we've come to over-exploit many resources with the belief that we'll find something else to replace them when they're gone and that we can just dilute pollutants to an acceptable level. Intelligent design? That wouldn't be my conclusion. Ignorant bliss seems closer.
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Because ignorance is bliss.
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Hello Friend! \n To protect our world, environmental education is necessary.
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I think some people are ignorant, period.  Regardless of nationality.  And by the way, what makes you such an expert?
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Wow! Amighty's response was awesome. For myself I would invent a wisdom machine. It would be able to teach anybody the ability to think, while considering any and all factors, and help them to make the best decisions, not only for themselves, but for their children, parents, friends, neighbors, to the people who look up to you and who even look down at you. This would help people to give up selfish endeavors and promote the creation of better people, who would work to have a more sensible popultaion, and would spend their time improving themselves and the area around them rather than worrying so much about popular culture! With a few less people, more environmentally sound policies, more freedom and better judgement, the world could be a really great place to live!
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And you base your conclusions on what, exactly?\nThere are ignorant people in all countries.
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because people feel that everyone should be responsible for the environment, except them.  its the typical double standard.  its easier to preach than it is to actually follow your own advice.
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Education! People have to learn more about pollution and what effects their actions (dumping, buying goods with a lot of packaging etc.) have on the environment. Only then people can act responsibly, reduce waste and recycle and reuse as much as possible.
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It's called being ignorant and uneduacted....End of story!
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I don't believe you can.  It would definitely help if the environment was at the forefront of most American's minds so that littering and dumping of chemical wastes would cease and maybe some of the negative effects would eventually dissipate.  But private owned companies are becoming more and more greedy and regulators are not encouraged to watch dog over them so the world is dissipating and we along with it.
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Some people can't see past ignorance.
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Human beings are the only species that think that they can 'improve' the environment they live in via 'progress' and 'invention' and 'technology'.\nI suppose this mistaken belief springs from the fact that we believe we are somehow 'superior' and it is our 'responsibility' to re-make the earth according to our stupid specifications.\nUntil we change and begin to understand that the real challenge is to live as much as possible 'in accordance' with nature and in harmony with the environment, we will keep on destroying the world we live in.Then, a time will certainly come when we wont have anyplace to live in anymore and that will be the end of us.
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No. I wouldn't. The world really loves ignorance. If the world wanted to be educated, they'd do it. Really.