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Good science doesn’t guarantee public acceptance – diverse evidence may help

Good science doesn’t guarantee public acceptance – diverse evidence may help

It takes more than just robust science to convince people to take on a certain point of view – consider topics such as vaccination, genetically modified foods and climate change. Our recent study looked how at the balance of evidence can shape the likelihood that people are convinced by it – and in particular how a psychological phenomenon known as “the […] … learn more→