Pseudoscience the conspiracy against science
"In a post-truth, fake news world, we are particularly susceptible to the claims of pseudoscience. When emotions and opinions are more widely disseminated than scientific findings, and self-proclaimed experts get their expertise from Google, how can the average person distinguish real science f...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
The MIT Press
2018
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| Collection: | MIT Press eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | "In a post-truth, fake news world, we are particularly susceptible to the claims of pseudoscience. When emotions and opinions are more widely disseminated than scientific findings, and self-proclaimed experts get their expertise from Google, how can the average person distinguish real science from fake? This book examines pseudoscience from a variety of perspectives, through case studies, analysis, and personal accounts that show how to recognize pseudoscience, why it is so widely accepted, and how to advocate for real science."--Back cover |
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| Physical Description: | xxii, 510 pages illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9780262344814 0262344823 0262344815 9780262344821 |