WHY DO SOME PEOPLE RESIST SCIENCE?
By Paul Bloom and Deena Skolnick Weisberg
...In sum, the developmental data suggest that resistance to science
will arise in children when scientific claims clash with early
emerging, intuitive expectations. This resistance will persist
through adulthood if th
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This paper is relevant to some of the recent discussion on ECOLOG-L.
Science 18 May 2007:
Vol. 316. no. 5827, pp. 996 - 997
DOI: 10.1126/science.1133398
Childhood Origins of Adult Resistance to Science
Paul Bloom and Deena Skolnick Weisberg
Resistance to certain scientific ideas derives in lar
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