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5 ways Trump and his supporters are using the same strategies as science deniers

  • Written by Lee McIntyre, Research Fellow, Center for Philosophy and History of Science, Boston University
President Donald Trump, during a meeting in the cabinet room at the White House, Washington, Nov. 22, 2019. AP/Susan Walsh

While watching the House impeachment hearings, I realized my two decades of research into why people ignore, reject or deny science had a political parallel.

From anti-evolutionists to anti-vaccine advocates, known as...

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