The psychology of science denial, doubt and disbelief, with Gale Sinatra, PhD, and Barbara Hofer, PhD
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On hot-button topics such as climate change, vaccines and genetically modified foods, science denial is rampant \\u2013 and it crosses party and ideological lines. What are the psychological forces that lead people to disbelieve scientific consensus? \\xa0Is science denial worse than it\\u2019s ever been? How have the internet and social media changed the landscape of science skepticism? Psychologists Barbara Hofer of Middlebury College and Gale Sinatra of the University of Southern California, authors of the book \\u201cScience Denial: Why it Happens and What to Do About it,\\u201d discuss these and other questions.
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