Do You Trust Your Doctors?

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My my niece was initially concerned about a her friend told her that if she gets vascinated, as is, infertility. But now the interesting thing is, she is really pro vaccination and she's convinced her sceptical friend to also get vaccinated. She said, go talk to your doctor and find out, because i don't think there is this risk of infutility. And her friend did. Her friend has now gotten vaccinatedso en we know that trust, o, the trust of doctors, is high, and they have an important role to play.

Michael Shermer speaks with Gale Sinatra and Barbara Hofer about the key psychological explanations for science denial and doubt that can help provide a means for improving scientific literacy and understanding — critically important at a time when denial has become deadly. Sinatra and Hofer offer tools for addressing science denial and explain both the importance of science education and its limitations, show how science communicators may inadvertently contribute to the problem, and explain how the internet and social media foster misinformation and disinformation. The authors focus on key psychological constructs such as reasoning biases, social identity, epistemic cognition, and emotions and attitudes that limit or facilitate public understanding of science, and describe solutions for individuals, educators, science communicators, and policy makers. If you have ever wondered why science denial exists, want to know how to understand your own biases and those of others, and would like to address the problem, this book will provide the insights you are seeking.