I end my brief blogging sabbatical by posting this superb lecture I saw from the TED podcast a couple of weeks ago.
Vaccine-autism claims, “Frankenfood” bans, the herbal cure craze: all point to the public’s growing fear (and, often, outright denial) of science and reason, says Michael Specter. He warns the trend spells disaster for human progress.
Michael Specter’s Wikipedia page
Michael Specter: Authors@Google
Tags: autism, Frankenfood, lecture, medicine, Michael Specter, MMR vaccine, pseudo-science, Science, TED, The danger of science denial
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