Can You Just Go Ask Your Doctor?

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Not everyone has a doctor, and they don't know if it's going to cost them money. A lot of community s are trying to reach out to members of key communities who can't just go ask their doctor. It's not clear what we should do, mass or no, mask social distancy. Take hydroxa chloric guaned like so this got to have some effect on my body. And then i came back from a ride, you know, long ride, so i'm all sweaty, and my wife says, you stank. You smell like chemical somelike you. We sa wesd, we definitely say that, go go ask your doctor.

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.