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麦克尔·斯巴克特:否认科学的危险

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疫苗能引发自闭症?我们是否该禁止“恶魔食品”?草药制的类似安慰剂真的有效?这些都表明了公众对科学和理智判断的畏惧变大(经常,甚至完全否认),麦克尔如是说。他警告说,认为这样一种态度对于人类进步是有灾难性后果的。

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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