▁themselves ▁feel . ▁▁ ▁Hans ▁Christian ▁Anders en ' s ▁fair y ▁tale ▁ ▁" The ▁Emperor ' s ▁New ▁Cl oth es " ▁is ▁a ▁famous ▁fict ional ▁case ▁of ▁pl ural istic ▁ignor ance . ▁In ▁this ▁story ▁two ▁con ▁artists ▁come ▁into ▁the ▁Emperor ' s ▁kingdom ▁and ▁conv ince ▁him ▁that ▁they ▁make ▁the ▁fin est ▁clothes ▁in ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁land ▁that ▁can ▁only ▁be ▁seen ▁by ▁anyone ▁who ▁was ▁not ▁stupid . ▁The ▁con ▁artists ▁continued ▁to ▁ste al ▁gold , ▁sil k ▁and ▁other ▁pre cious ▁items ▁for ▁their ▁" unique ▁creation ". ▁Out ▁of ▁fear ▁for ▁being ▁seen ▁as ▁stupid , ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁em peror ' s ▁men ▁and ▁town spe ople ▁kept ▁silent ▁about ▁the ▁fact ▁they ▁could ▁not ▁see ▁the ▁em peror ' s ▁clothes ▁until ▁finally ▁a ▁small ▁child ▁comes ▁forth ▁and ▁says ▁that ▁the ▁em peror ▁isn ' t ▁we aring ▁any ▁clothes . ▁Once ▁the ▁child ▁is ▁willing ▁to ▁admit ▁that ▁he ▁cannot ▁see ▁any ▁clothes ▁on ▁the ▁em peror , ▁the ▁em peror ▁and ▁town spe ople ▁finally ▁admit ▁that ▁the ▁em peror ▁has ▁been ▁trick ed ▁and ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁never ▁an ▁out fit ▁being ▁made . ▁ ▁Pl ural istic ▁ignor ance ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁bl amed ▁for ▁large ▁major ities ▁of ▁the ▁public ▁remaining ▁silent ▁on ▁climate ▁change — while ▁' sol id ▁major ities ' ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁and ▁UK ▁public ▁are ▁concerned ▁about ▁climate ▁change , ▁most ▁err one ously ▁believe ▁they ▁are