10.2190/N2CC-WGU7-3JTP-A77R N2CCWGU73JTPA77R 6 Differing Views: The Environment and Pollution Problems 251 256 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 N2CCWGU73JTPA77R.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=N2CCWGU73JTPA77R 3 CY A. Adler The New School Attitudes towards many environmental problems often have little to do with rational analyses and are thus not susceptible to scientific evaluation. A person's view towards the environment may be based on subconscious and irrational fears that have been shaped by where and how he lives (city lover vs. ex-urbanite);his training and position (biologist vs. engineer); his economic status (rich vs. poor) and his philosophic cast of mind (optimist vs. pessimist).