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307. Nicholas Dirks on Science Denial, Distrust, and Skepticism

The Michael Shermer Show

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Moving the Goalposts - Autism Vaccine

On average, it's better to be vaccinated than not. You just add them all up and you're going to get this kind of statistical trend. So we really need to think of it as an on average. And by the way, I just riff on this from a skeptical perspective. This is called moving the goalposts."

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