Tag: Denial
Understanding climate change in America: Skepticism, dogmatism and personal experience
Gary W. Yohe, Wesleyan University
Scientists are trained to be professional skeptics: to always judge the validity of a...
What Big Oil knew about climate change, in its own words
Benjamin Franta, Stanford University
Four years ago, I traveled around America, visiting historical archives. I was looking for documents...
Coronavirus responses highlight how humans are hardwired to dismiss facts that...
Adrian Bardon, Wake Forest University
Bemoaning uneven individual and state compliance with public health recommendations, top U.S. COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci recently blamed the country’s...
Humans are hardwired to dismiss facts that don’t fit their worldview
Adrian Bardon, Wake Forest University
Something is rotten in the state of American political life. The U.S. (among other nations) is increasingly characterized by highly...
Got a boss who denies reality? A behavioral scientist’s guide to...
Gleb Tsipursky, The Ohio State University
‘Tis the season for holiday parties at the office.
While they’re great for building workplace camaraderie and team spirit,...
EXPLORING NATURE
Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age...
Jessica C. Thompson, Yale University; Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York), and Jessica Cerezo-Román, University of Oklahoma
