Letter

In response to Cognitive dissonance

The deadliest measure

Fiona Colin is absolutely correct in identifying “deliberate, concerted denial” as one of the gravest threats to humanity.

After more than quarter of a century of research into the science underlying the human predicament, I have concluded that, of the 10 catastrophic threats to humanity, misinformation is the most dangerous. More so than climate, nuclear bombs or famine, because it precludes action on any of the threats.

A species that cannot face the truth, cannot survive the outcome of its own self-deception.

— Julian Cribb from Canberra, ACT