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Conspiracy theories in science
Author(s) -
Goertzel Ted
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/embor.2010.84
Subject(s) - environmental ethics , public health , natural (archaeology) , political science , law and economics , epistemology , sociology , biology , medicine , philosophy , paleontology , nursing
Although few conspiracy theories target the natural sciences, they can have severe effects on public health or environmental policies. Ted Goertzel explains how scientists could help to prevent and mitigate potentially harmful conspiracy theories.