Understand Reality Through Science: More On Scientific Consensus Denial

Many findings of science are counter-intuitive, and difficult to accept because the human brain has flaws, such as confirmation bias, hyperactive agency detection, false memories, the placebo effect, religious experiences, and the misinterpreting of medical spontaneous remissions.

It is HOW you think, not what you think that is most important.

If you accept claims without evidence, you are credulous or gullible.

If you require sufficient evidence before accepting a claim, you are a skeptic, or a critical thinker.

If there is a claim without supporting evidence, "I don't know" is the only honest response. The burden is always on the one making the claim.

Scientific results are not "certain" but are provisional, based on evidence and probability, and subject to modification and advancement with better evidence.

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More On Scientific Consensus Denial

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