text: studies have noticed that the Maya inscription about doomsday, which seemed rather ridiculous for 
  scientists, might lead to unexpected public associations with climate issues. However, science ﬁction 
  may inﬂuence the public’s attitude toward scientiﬁc issues. Frankenstein’s monster, a well-known 
  ﬁctional character who was a human-built creature in the novel written by Mary Shelley, has long been 
  linked to transgenic technology by referring genetically-modiﬁed food as “Frankenstein Food” [98]. 
  Scientists found that these associations successfully symbolized the the public’s uncertainty about the 
  risk of transgenic technology, anxiety toward the human-made living creature, and moral discomfort 
  about reducing life to genetic code [99], even though people all know Frankenstein was only a ﬁctional 
  character created 100 years ago. In the current study, we concludd that a similar mechanism may exist 
  in global warming communication. Though “the end of world in 2012” and its adapted popular movie 
  sounded unconvincing for scientists, the public, especially who have limited scientiﬁc literacy, were 
  defenceless against ﬁction [100]. Some of the public may accept the indications of temperature rise and 
  extreme weather, and cannot help but strengthen their associations with global warming. However, no 
  similar associations were discovered in the climate change discourse in 2012, which may suggest that 
  global warming is more likely to be associated with disasters, risk, or negative sentiment compared 
  with climate change. 