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Why Don't Some People Believe In Science?

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Some people don't believe in vaccines or climate change or other scientifically proven things. Why not? Why don't people trust evidence? Socrates: The Father Of Western Philosophy -    • Video   Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Let's Discuss Climate Change In Donald Trump's America; Trolls Welcome http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/... "'We believed that the consensus was phony,' Ebell told PBS in an interview explaining why he and others went to work to try and dismantle it. 'We believed that the so-called global warming consensus was not based on science, but was a political consensus, which included a number of scientists.'" Exploring status quo bias in the human brain https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases... "The more difficult the decision we face, the more likely we are not to act, according to new research by scientists that examines the neural pathways involved in "status quo bias" in th …...more
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Why Don't Some People Believe In Science?
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2016Nov 29
Some people don't believe in vaccines or climate change or other scientifically proven things. Why not? Why don't people trust evidence? Socrates: The Father Of Western Philosophy -    • Video   Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Let's Discuss Climate Change In Donald Trump's America; Trolls Welcome http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/... "'We believed that the consensus was phony,' Ebell told PBS in an interview explaining why he and others went to work to try and dismantle it. 'We believed that the so-called global warming consensus was not based on science, but was a political consensus, which included a number of scientists.'" Exploring status quo bias in the human brain https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases... "The more difficult the decision we face, the more likely we are not to act, according to new research by scientists that examines the neural pathways involved in "status quo bias" in the human brain." Scientific consensus: Earth's climate is warming http://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-co... "Multiple studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals show that 97 percent or more of actively publishing climate scientists agree: Climate-warming trends over the past century are extremely likely due to human activities. In addition, most of the leading scientific organizations worldwide have issued public statements endorsing this position." ____________________ DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos daily. Watch More DNews on Seeker http://www.seeker.com/show/dnews/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Seeker on Twitter   / seeker   Trace Dominguez on Twitter   / tracedominguez   DNews on Facebook   / discoverynews   DNews on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+dnews Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here: http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI

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