Bad Faith Reasoning, Predictable Chaos, and the Truth.
David SpeijerPublished in: BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology (2020)
Intelligent-design websites misquote to subvert belief in Darwinian evolution. Nowadays, such sites pose as "objective" sources of information. Speaking more generally, spreading misinformation can be linked to climate science denial, vaccination avoidance, and a resurgence of pseudo-scientific racism. Internet regulations to counter these sources of pseudo-science are urgently needed.