Why do people deny science?
“Why don’t people accept the science of climate change? This is part of a much bigger pattern.”
Naomi Oreskes, Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University, introduces a new documentary about science doubters and disruptive climate change, Merchants of Doubt.
Author: Naomi Oreskes, Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University.
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