For all the scientific evidence we were amassing, many people, both in government and in the citizenry our elected officials are supposedly beholden to, were still refusing to accept that anything out of the ordinary was happening.I wasn't the only voice screaming in the wilderness anymore - but still, not everyone heard the call. In those first few years, it was a long uphill battle to get people to recognize what was happening.
"For all the scientific evidence we were amassing, many people, both in government and among citizens, refused to believe that anything unusual was occurring," the author highlights. Despite mounting proof, official figures and the public were slow to accept the reality of the situation.
"I wasn't the only voice screaming in the wilderness anymore – but still, not everyone heard the call," Patterson notes. During those initial years, convincing people of what was happening proved a difficult and prolonged challenge.