Denying to the Grave: Why We Ignore the Science That Will Save Us, Revised and Updated Edition

Denying to the Grave: Why We Ignore the Science That Will Save Us, Revised and Updated Edition
ISBN-10
0197547451
ISBN-13
9780197547458
Series
Denying to the Grave
Category
Belief and doubt
Pages
457
Language
English
Published
2021
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Authors
Jack M. Gorman, Sara E. Gorman

Description

"This chapter addresses the complicated topic of conspiracy theories. This topic is complicated because a conspiracy theory is not prima facie wrong. Yet one of the hallmarks of false scientific beliefs is the claim by their adherents that they are the victims of profiteering, deceit, and cover-ups by conglomerates variously composed of large corporations, government regulatory agencies, the media, and professional medical societies. The trick is to figure out if the false ones can be readily separated from those in which there may be some truth. Only by carefully analyzing a number of such conspiracy theories and their adherents does it become possible to offer some guidelines as to which are most obviously incorrect. The chapter then studies the psychology of conspiracy theory adherence. It argues that belittling people who come to believe in false conspiracy theories as ignorant or mean-spirited is perhaps the surest route to reinforcing an anti-science position"--

Get the book

Amazon.com
Amazon.com
Search the book
eBay.com
eBay.com
Search the book

Other editions

Similar books