The hotly contested link between science denial and conspiracy ...

A tendency to endorse conspiracy theories, they suggested, makes people more likely to challenge various aspects of science.

The Washington Post: In 2013, the University of Bristol psychologist Stephan Lewandowsky and colleagues published two papers containing a ...

Conspiracy beliefs and science rejection - ScienceDirect.com

We review recent work on the relationship between science rejection and conspiracy beliefs. We distinguish between conspiracy beliefs about science ...

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The hotly contested link between science denial and conspiracy theories. The Washington Post: In 2013, the University of Bristol psychologist Stephan ...

Science Denial: A Narrative Review and Recommendations for ...

The present article aimed to answer the question: What leads people to deny even the strongest evidence and distrust the scientific method? The article provides ...

Conspiracy beliefs and science rejection - Research Explorer

We distinguish between conspiracy beliefs about science specifically and the link be- tween general conspiracist worldviews and science ...

Science denial: A narrative review and recommendations for future ...

Science denial has adverse consequences at individual and societal levels and even for the future of our planet. The present article aimed ...

When Science Denial Meets Epistemic Understanding

Recent discussions of science denial suggest that correcting people's false beliefs rarely has an impact on eliminating the adherence to false ...

Conspiracy Beliefs and Consumption: The Role of Scientific Literacy

The present research investigates the role of scientific literacy in a variety of conspiracy beliefs with implications for consumer well-being and ...

Understanding Conspiracy Theories - Douglas - Wiley Online Library

Also, conspiracy theories drive people to reject scientific consensuses, most notably the consensus around anthropogenic climate change. In this ...

Science audiences, misinformation, and fake news - PNAS

Concerns about an underinformed or even misinformed public when it comes to scientific issues are not new. Disconnects between public opinion in the United ...

Science Denial and COVID Conspiracy Theories - ResearchGate

... Although the belief in science is not considered and measured as a variable in this research, the variable might potentially become a predictor. One of ...

Climate and environmental science denial: A review of the scientific ...

Trend denialists contest that any significant warming takes place. Attribution denialists instead question its anthropogenic nature, often ...

Belief in conspiracy theories: Basic principles of an emerging ...

Even when conspiracy theories are highly unlikely to be true, they have an impact on important life dimensions such as health, interpersonal relationships, and ...

Climate Change Conspiracy Theories

This conspiracy-laden rhetoric—if followed to its logical conclusion—expresses a rejection of scientific methods, scientists, and the role that ...

Climate change denial - Wikipedia

Those promoting denial commonly use rhetorical tactics to give the appearance of a scientific controversy where there is none. Climate change denial includes ...

Denialism: what is it and how should scientists respond?

The first is the identification of conspiracies. When the overwhelming body of scientific opinion believes that something is true, it is argued that this is not ...

Law, Politics, and Science Denialism in the Era of COVID-19

Now, more than ever, we need experts and sound scientific advice to guide critical decision-making during the pandemic. With conspiracy theories.

Inoculation theory in the post‐truth era: Extant findings and new ...

There is a substantial enough body of work of inoculation theory in the context of contested science and misinformation to begin to see ...

Conspiracy theories on the boundaries of science - Sage Journals

In conclusion, respondents in the conspiracy milieu argue that the ideal of objectivity is highly problematic: scientific “facts” are not so ...