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Edit: Not a loony, cheerio.

I wouldn't call it a delusion at all. If it were delusional, then the entire US Republican party would be delusional. It is merely an opinion you have developed, [hopefully] based on evidence.

I do not see how you can doubt it, however. It is a scientific fact that the globe is actually warming. The 'shocking' outlook for the world outlined by some organisations may be too much but, overall, the recommendations produced by the said organisations can only be beneficial for the globe; irrespective of whether or not Global Warming is as 'dangerous' as they make it out to be.

The Earth does go through natureal cycles of warming and cooling but the fact is that this period of warming is not in the usual cycle. Plus, the levels of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere ARE abnormally high and this gas DOES trap heat.

Kevin.

Edit: Not a loony, cheerio.

A delusion is a false belief that is not consistent with facts and does not alter with reason, or fit in with a cultural norm (what is considered normal in one culture might be considered delusional in another.)

An example would be a belief that the FBI are monitoring a person, or that the person is the subject of mind control experiments, or that their family is trying to poison them (that last one is only a delusion if the family isn't actually poisoning them!)

Generally, to be considered a delusion within a psychiatric framework, the beliefs or delusions must be impacting on a person's life. Some believe that the Titanic never sank; that it was in fact Titanic's sister ship, Olympic. That belief does not affect their congition or behaviour, and doesn't have much of an impact on their ability to function in life. It would not, therefore, be considered a delusion in psychiatric terms.

Delusions as part of a psychiatric illness are resistant to logic or evidence and nearly always have a profound effect on that person's quality of life. Your beliefs are not delusional at all.

chumperson wrote:I understand that your belief is based on evidence, but there's no way on Earth I'll ever believe that the evidence is real.

That's an odd statement to make... ... I mean, the fact that there is evidence means that it is true and indisputable. However, the outlook painted by scientists is probably wrong and - yes - scientists waste a lot of money doing stupid research projects.

No matter what we are doing to the planet, it's still a good idea to switch to reusable fuels and to stop polluting the atmosphere with CO2. Somehow, I just cannot picture it happening though. The thirst for money is too great and we are slowly 'choking' ourselves to death here.

Kevin

Chumperson, it is only because in the US the population has been subjected for so long to non-global-warming propaganda that beliefs like yours are possible. You say it's all a scam, but what about the scam the gov't with the oil companies have pushed on you?