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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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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: | 1 online resource (xxii, 510 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9780262344814 0262344815 9780262344821 0262344823 |
| DOI: | 10.7551/mitpress/10747.001.0001 |