Summary Of The Controversy 'Bending Science'

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Similar to the idea of bending science, Ceccarelli speaks about artificially manufacturing scientific controversy in his article. He states that scientific controversy is created in several ways, one of which entails the use of dissoi logoi. Dissoi logoi is the common human belief that every argument has two sides. Essentially, if someone states the planet is round, someone will always argue the planet is not round. He speaks on how people assume they can safely ignore scientific claims if they are not published in a scientific journal. This and bending science, are very dangerous to the knowledge and credibility of what is actually occurring in the world. An example of this danger is shown in the article published by Marsh Riggs entitled “Climate

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