A Top Scientist Ignores the Science of Why People Deny Science

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desmogblog.com 29 May '12, 12pm

A Top Scientist Ignores the Science of Why People Deny Science

In the world of evolutionary science, you don’t get much more prominent than Richard Leakey (pictured here). An anthropologist and conservationist, he’s the son of the archaeologist couple Louis and Mary Leakey, famed for their human origins research in Africa. Richard Leakey is credited with multiple major discoveries, including his team’s unearthing of Turkana Boy , a 1.5 million year old fossil skeleton thought to be either an example of Homo erectus or of Homo ergaster. None of this, however, necessarily means that Leakey is an expert in the communication of science, or on why people deny science in key areas. In fact, recent remarks by this distinguished researcher show just how far we still have to go before even some scientists accept the growing body of research on the subject of…why people deny science. According to a recent AP story, Leakey predicted that within ...

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@drgrist Would imagine you've seen this, but the irony makes me smile. [link]
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RT @nogawam: さらに「証拠」が集まれば進化論を否定する者はいなくなるだろうとするリチャード・リーキーへの、クリス・ムーニーの批判。「証拠」によって対抗できないのは南京事件否定論と同じ。[link]
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さらに「証拠」が集まれば進化論を否定する者はいなくなるだろうとするリチャード・リーキーへの、クリス・ムーニーの批判。「証拠」によって対抗できないのは南京事件否定論と同じ。[link]
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Chris Mooney | A Top Scientist Ignores the Science of Why People ...: In the world of evolutionary science, you ... [link]
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Why more evidence won't convince the evolution deniers [link] via @carlzimmer
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Richard Leakey says people will accept evolution once more evidence comes in. As if. [link]
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@palmd I had to take a crack at this in a longer item [link]
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