Hedgehogs tend to have a focused worldview, an ideological leaning, strong convictions; foxes are more cautious, more centrist, more likely to adjust their views, more pragmatic, more prone to self-doubt, more inclined to see complexity and nuance.
Members of the groups in the middle, however — the vast majority of people — are likely to adjust their views on global warming based on irrelevant, subjective factors like the current temperature.
E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet Members of the groups in the middle, however — the vast majority of people — are likely to adjust their views on global warming based on irrelevant, subjective factors like the current temperature.
These results hold even for immigrants who moved 20 years before they were surveyed; they cannot be attributed to people not having had time to adjust their views.But what if immigrants are self-selecting, choosing to migrate to places where policies are to their liking?
Nonetheless, as the Chinese efforts start to show positive effects, U.S. think tanks quickly moved to adjust their views and criticized the shortsightedness of the U.S. administration.
Elected officials are so dependent on raising this cash that they have become "shape shifters," in the words of Harvard Law professor Larry Lessig: "They constantly adjust their views in light of what they know will help them to raise money".
