When ideology trumps science : why we question the experts on everything from climate change to vaccinations /

This book reveals how embedded beliefs more so than a lack of scientific knowledge and understanding are creating a cognitive bias toward information that coincides with personal beliefs rather than scientific consensus--and that this anti-science bias exists among liberals as well as conservatives.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Wolters, Erika Allen (Autor), Steel, Brent (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2018]
Temas:
Science > Social aspects > United States.
Sciences > Aspect social > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Science > Social aspects
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
  • 3. Childhood vaccinations
  • 4. Climate change
  • 5. Teen sex
  • 6. Stem cell research
  • 7. Conclusion : what is to be done?

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