Pseudoscience, common sense, and the problem of scale
Scientists are increasingly frustrated by laypeople’s willingness to embrace pseudoscience. In an age of extraordinary technical achievement, the persistence of nonsense beliefs like creationism, vaccine rejection, and homeopathy is difficult to fathom. But Scott Lilienfeld, a psychology professor at Emory University, argues that we should be anything but surprised. Explaining Why Scientists Shouldn’t Be Surprised […]