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sociologist Keith Kahn-Harris on the dangers of denialism Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI Radio in New York
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(7/26/21) “Denialism has moved from the fringes to the center of public discourse, helped in part by new technology. As information becomes freer to access online…so the opportunities for countering accepted truths multiply,” wrote sociologist and regular contributor to The Guardian Keith Kahn-Harris back in 2018 in his book Denial: The Unspeakable Truth. Join us for a look at the forces behind the rise in mass denial of years of scientific evidence for everything from vaccinology to climate change from someone who was studying this phenomenon long before the pandemic hit in this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI.
(7/26/21) “Denialism has moved from the fringes to the center of public discourse, helped in part by new technology. As information becomes freer to access online…so the opportunities for countering accepted truths multiply,” wrote sociologist and regular contributor to The Guardian Keith Kahn-Harris back in 2018 in his book Denial: The Unspeakable Truth. Join us for a look at the forces behind the rise in mass denial of years of scientific evidence for everything from vaccinology to climate change from someone who was studying this phenomenon long before the pandemic hit in this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI.
55 min