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100 1 _aTHOMPSON Damian
245 _aCounterknowledge :
_bhow we surrendered to conspiracy theories, quack medicine, bogus science and fake history /
_cDamien Thompson
260 _aLondon :
_bAtlantic Books,
_c2008
300 _a162 p.
520 _aCounterknowledge is defined as misinformation packaged to look like fact and accepted as such by millions of people. This book demolishes what it describes as a pandemic of credulous thinking, an infection whose spread has ironically been enabled by the entirely scientific achievements of digital technology.
650 _aKNOWLEDGE
650 _aSCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
650 _aCONSPIRACY THEORIES
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