What is and isn’t a scientific debate
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Dr Dave Hone: The media need to understand the difference between a genuine scientific debate, and the fact that a very vocal minority can disagree with an overwhelming consensus of evidence…
One thing that seems to crop up regularly in both bad science journalism and in pseudoscience and non-science is the idea of a scientific debate. We see creationists talking about “teaching both sides” or the idea that there is “a debate over evolution”, but there’s also more than enough reports in the media with statements like “this study has reignited a debate” to make it a more general pattern.
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