already convinced
of the conspiracy will
likely be unmoved
In the article, No, Chemtrails Are Not Real or Causing Floods, E.P.A. Says By Maxine Joselow in the New York Times, Ms. Joselow opens with:
No, chemtrails are not real, the Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday, in a notable instance of the Trump administration debunking a conspiracy theory that gained traction amid catastrophic flooding in Central Texas.
For decades, scientists have sought to shut down the chemtrails conspiracy theory, which asserts that the federal government is spraying harmful chemicals into the sky to control the weather, population or food supply. On Thursday, their efforts got a major boost from an unexpected source: two new E.P.A. websites that seek to “provide clear, science-based information” on chemtrail claims as well as on geoengineering, or efforts to intentionally alter Earth’s climate.
But she closes with:
Andrew Dessler, a professor of atmospheric science at Texas A&M University, said the E.P.A.’s new sites “appear to be a reasonable effort to give people the facts they need to recognize that chemtrails claims lack any scientific basis.” Still, he said, “those already convinced of the conspiracy will likely be unmoved. Instead, they’ll probably just conclude that the E.P.A. is in on the coverup.”
As the King says the Duke in the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:
“Hain’t we got all the fools in town on our side? And ain’t that a big enough majority in any town?”
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