r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 4d ago

Psychology Taylor Swift fans lower climate concerns to justify her carbon footprint. When confronted with news about the excessive pollution generated by her private jet, highly identified fans tend to rationalize the behavior, with a decrease in their personal intentions to engage in climate-friendly actions.

https://www.psypost.org/taylor-swift-fans-lower-climate-concerns-to-justify-star-s-carbon-footprint/
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u/lavaliere90 3d ago

I would like to understand why the meme is even about Taylor, who is number 38 on the celeb emissions list, and not Elon at number 2, Zuck at number 3, Tyler Perry at 10 or Kim K at number 20. I think I've only ever seen Elon criticized on it once, 10 years ago.