The thinking error at the root of science denial
- Written by Jeremy P. Shapiro, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences, Case Western Reserve University
Could seeing things in black-and-white terms influence people's views on scientific questions? Lightspring/Shutterstock.comCurrently, there are three important issues on which there is scientific consensus but controversy among laypeople: climate change, biological evolution and childhood vaccination. On all three issues, prominentmembers of the...