Denying to the grave : why we ignore the science that will save us /
Sara E. Gorman, Jack M. Gorman.
Bok Engelsk 2021
| Medvirkende | Gorman, Jack M., (author.)
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| Omfang | xii, 439 pages ;
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| Utgave | Revised and updated edition.
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| Opplysninger | Previous edition entered under: Sara E. Gorman.. - Introduction: science denial comes of age -- Conspiracy theories -- Charismatic leaders -- Confirmation bias -- Causality and filling the ignorance gap -- Avoidance of complexity -- Risk perception and probability -- Science denial in crisis -- The attack on health and science institutions.. - "In Denying to the Grave, Sara Gorman and Jack Gorman explore the psychology of health science denial. Using several examples as case studies, they propose six key principles that may lead people to reject "accepted" health-related wisdom: the charismatic leader; fear of complexity; confirmation bias; fear of corporate and governemnt conspiracies; causality and filling the ignorance gap; and the nature of risk prediction. This fully updated and expanded new edition of Denying to the Grave reviews the most recent research on health science denial, offering a brand new chapter on how the contemporary "assault on science" waged by certain political administrations has eroded public trust in national health and science agencies, such as CDC, FDA, and EPA. Also new to this edition isa chapter invesitgating the relationship between health crises and misinformation, and what happens to science denail amidst a global public health cirsis. Fianlly, the book proposes a novel approach to counteracting misinformation adn improving our ability to understand and accept scienctific consensus. --from the front inside dust jacket.. - "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"--
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| ISBN | 0197547451. - 9780197547458
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