Why do people deny science?

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.

Image: Smoke rises from chimneys of a thermal power plant REUTERS/Carlos Barria

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