Péter Krekó: Learning to live with the madness
Decades of political campaigning against climate science and medicine have made public health a battleground of beliefs. Vaccine hesitancy, as seen in eastern Europe, based on distrust in authority, can’t be solved with rationality alone. So what might the antidote be? Rejecting science is not so much a grass-roots movement, says Péter Krekó, in conversation with Réka Kinga Papp, as it is a position based on political affiliation and acculturation.
While acknowledging that the excessive mystification of scholarly knowledge and the natural sciences can harm the democratization of these fields, Krekó argues that tackling anti-science requires investigation too. Perhaps disinformation and junk science cannot be eradicated, but critical skills can help navigate an accelerated digital media environment. Find Péter Krekó’s latest article, ‘Mutations of science in the pandemic in Eurozine, along with his previous articles dealing with disinformation, social psychology and more....
https://www.eurozine.com/learning-to-live-with-the-madness/
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