I think most people who don&#x27;t believe in climate change don&#x27;t believe in it because of the amount of money and political power that is devoted to discrediting it. Let&#x27;s be honest here, most people on _either_ side of the fence (full disclosure: including me) don&#x27;t actually read climate research, they&#x27;re only aware of what gets covered in the press, which tends to be the research that&#x27;s more apocalyptic and less focused on model adjustment, etc.<p>This is only really an issue because of the way that climate change has been unnecessarily politicised, though. We see dramatic stories reported on from other areas of research (&quot;Hey, we found planet X!&quot;), and yet there hasn&#x27;t been a huge amount of effort spent on discrediting astronomical research, so the public accepts that the peer review process has worked and there&#x27;s no controversy (&quot;Scientists are all just elitist liberals, where&#x27;s the research from conservatives that says planet X doesn&#x27;t exist?&quot;).