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Michael Specter: Het gevaar van het ontkennen van wetenschap.

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Beweringen over een verband tussen autisme en vaccins, "Frankenvoedsel" verboden, de kruidengeneeskunderage: Dit alles wijst op de groeiende angst (en vaak ook vlakaf ontkennen) door het publiek van wetenschap en rede, zegt Michael Specter. Hij waarschuwt ons dat deze trend een einde zou kunnen maken aan de menselijke vooruitgang.

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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