From climate change to vaccines, evolution to flu, denialists are on the march. Why are so many people refusing to accept what the evidence is telling them?
In this special feature we look at the phenomenon in depth. What is denial? What attracts people to it? How does it start, and how does it spread? And finally, how should we respond to it?
Via Skepchick
At the breakfast table this morning this subject came up, so I decided to put together this collection. It did not take long:
This is not an academic issue for me and mia_mcdavid.
Also, I have a big personal issue with the idea that anecdotes and media fluff are the same as real science: Back in the ’90’s somebody who followed that stuff once suggested that I had abused my children.
Great column by haddayr.
jeff_duntemann linked to Amy Wallace’s article: An Epidemic of Fear: How Panicked Parents Skipping Shots Endangers Us All, an excellent article about the anti-vaccination movement. Continue reading
‘A Different Point of View’ raises awareness of autism
This exhibit is in downtown Minneapolis, on the lower (“A”) level of the Hennepin County Government Center, by the fountain and near the Service Center—Where you get license tabs, etc. I work for the County and saw it after a meeting nearby this morning. It will be on display until Sept. 28.
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 