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.

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Hauptverfasser: Wolters, Erika Allen (VerfasserIn), Steel, Brent (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2018]
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 181 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781440849848
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