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Maikls Spekters (Michael Specter): Zinātnes noliegšanas briesmas

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Vakcinācijas-autisma apgalvojumi, "Frankenšteina pārtikas" aizliegumi, aizraušanās ar ārstnieciskajiem augiem: tas viss liecina par pieaugošajām sabiedrības bailēm (un bieži vien par klaju noliegumu) no zinātnes un spriešanas, tā saka Maikls Spekters. Viņš brīdina, ka šī tendence līdzi nes katastrofu cilvēces progresam.

Michael Specter is a staff writer for the New Yorker. His new book, Denialism, asks why we have increasingly begun to fear scientific advances instead of embracing them. Full bio »

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