Recovering a sense of reality

Risk denialism and “alternative facts” as championed by the outgoing US president have cost many lives in the COVID-19 pandemic and are on track to cost many more in the climate catastrophe. After years of growing disconnect between public discourse and reality, how can societies return to a consens...

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Autor principal: Gross, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cell Press 2021
Materias:
Feature
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8747770/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.12.008
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Sumario:Risk denialism and “alternative facts” as championed by the outgoing US president have cost many lives in the COVID-19 pandemic and are on track to cost many more in the climate catastrophe. After years of growing disconnect between public discourse and reality, how can societies return to a consensual view of established truth? Michael Gross investigates.

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