Introduction
Chapter One: Risk Perception
Chapter Two: Avoidance of Complexity
Chapter Three: Causality and Filling the Ignorance Gap
Chapter Four: Confirmation Bias
Chapter Five: Charismatic Leaders
Chapter Six: Conspiracy Theories
Conclusion
Sara Gorman, PhD, MPH, is a public health specialist at a large
multinational healthcare company, where she works on global mental
health, increasing the quality of evidence in the global health
field, and alternative funding models for global health. She has
written extensively about global health, HIV/AIDS policy, and
women's health, among other topics, for a variety of health and
medical journals, including PLoS Medicine, the International
Journal of Women's Health, and AIDS Care. She has worked in the
policy division at the HIV Law Project and as a researcher at the
Epidemiology Department at Harvard School of Public Health. She has
also analyzed mental
health policy under the ACA for the Vera Institute of Justice and
researched the effectiveness of semi-mobile HIV clinics in rural
Kenya for HealthRight International.
Jack M. Gorman, MD, is CEO and Chief Scientific Officer of Franklin
Behavioral Health Consultants. Dr. Gorman was on the faculty of
Columbia University's Department of Psychiatry for 25 years,
eventually serving as Lieber Professor of Psychiatry. He then
became the Esther and Joseph Klingenstein Professor and Chair of
Psychiatry and Professor of Neuroscience at the Mount Sinai School
of Medicine.
"In this superb book, Sara E. Gorman (project manager, Johnson &
Johnson Global Public Health) and psychiatrist Jack M. Gorman (CEO
& chief scientific officer, Franklin Behavioral Health; The
Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs) collaborate to explain why
many people deny scientifically established facts, even in the face
of compelling evidence...Perfect for fans of the subject and Daniel
Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and
Slow."--Library Journal, Starred Review
"Perhaps a new book, Denying to the Grave by public health
specialists (a father and daughter team) Sara Gorman and Jack
Gorman, can help us understand why facts and statistics fall on
deaf ears time and time again...The book is thoughtful, exploring
the psychology, neurobiology and evolutionary roots that underpin
some of our decision-making, which can make adaptive behaviour
maladaptive."--New Scientist
"In [Denying to the Grave], the Gormans explain not just how people
fall for the false claims of politicians, but also how intelligent
people wind up in cults or why a nation wracked by gun violence
continues to reject gun-control measure... [The Gormans are] equal
opportunity debunkers, taking on GMO fear-mongering and anti-vaxers
along with the National Rifle Association."--The Atlantic
"Why do so many cling to beliefs that run counter to evidence? Sara
Gorman, a public health expert, and Jack Gorman, a psychiatrist,
investigate the psychological factors that lead to such
self-defeating denial of facts and conclude that normal,
evolutionarily adaptive tendencies act against us."--Scientific
American
"From Anti-vaxers to those who refute that HIV causes AIDS,
scientific illiteracy, medical mistrust, and conspiracy thinking
seriously threaten public health. In Denying to the Grave Sara and
Jack Gorman expose the psychological underpinnings of denialism.
Shining a light on those who propagate destructive denialism
movements is our best weapon against their effects. The Gormans
have done a great service with this well-reasoned and
evidence-based book. There is
no denying that."--Seth Kalichman, PhD, Professor of Psychological
Sciences , University of Connecticut
"Science brought us out of the Age of Darkness and into the Age of
Enlightenment. Unfortunately, a powerful anti-science sentiment in
America now threatens to send us back to a darker time-a time when
we reject vaccines, deny climate change, and condemn genetic
engineering technologies that have and will continue to save our
lives. Denying to the Grave describes the forces that work against
science and how science education alone won't solve the problem.
Using
a series of fascinating examples, the Gormans explain why it is so
hard to convince people where the real risks lay."--Paul A. Offit,
MD, Author of Bad Faith: When Religious Beliefs Undermine
Modern
Medicine
"A fascinating, readable and very well informed analysis of why our
brains trick us into resisting scientific evidence, even at the
cost of our lives. An important and engaging book that should be on
everyone's bookshelf."--Nicoli Nattrass, D.Phil Oxon, Professor,
Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town
"A thought-provoking and entertaining examination of science denial
focusing on the reasons that some of us are prone to developing
opinions that are not supported by science and then hold on to
these opinions in the face of evidence to the contrary. The
authors' use of research to back up their arguments provides rigor
while their use of anecdotes and stories makes the text more
approachable. Ultimately, the marriage of these concepts, along
with the lively
narrative throughout the text, leads to an intriguing and timely
resource during this time of political upheaval and the ensuing
challenges in civil discourse. This text is appropriate for a
wide
audience." --PsycCRITIQUES
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