Living in Denial

[murstein]

One thing I've often had difficulty understanding, is why people so often reject the truth. It turns out that was the theme for a recent edition of New Scientist magazine.

This depressing tale is the latest incarnation of denialism, the systematic rejection of a body of science in favour of make-believe. There's a lot of it about, attacking

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[luke_jaywalker]

It works for our politicians.

Of course, this is not a demographic (with a very tiny handful of exceptions) I have much other than active contempt for.