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	<title>Michael Specter, author of &#34;Denialism&#34;</title>
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		<title>My recent discussion on NPR&#8217;s Science Friday about Denialism</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday I talked about &#34;Denialism&#34; on NPR&#39;s Science Friday show with Ira Flatow.&#160; After a while Ira took calls and the first person on the air provided a dramatic, and completely unwitting demonstration of what denialism really means. She was a woman who believed that abortion is wrong and science could help her prove [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I spoke with The Book Bench at the New Yorker about Denialism</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Leonard Lopate&#8217;s Unfortunate Denialism</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I appeared on&#160; The Leonard Lopate Show, which I have always enjoyed &#8211; both as a listener and as a guest.&#160; I was there to talk about my book, Denialism, and Mr. Lopate turned out to be vigorously opposed to my thesis &#8211; that Americans who reject the scientific method are causing harm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boston Globe Review of &#8220;Denialism&#8221;  By Anthony Doerr</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelspecter.com/2009/11/boston-globe-review-of-denialism-nov-15-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.michaelspecter.com/2009/11/boston-globe-review-of-denialism-nov-15-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;There has been no more volatile subject in American medicine for the past decade than the safety of vaccines,&#8217;&#8217; writes New Yorker contributor Michael Specter in his searing new book, &#8220;Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives.&#8217;&#8217; The most compelling chapter elegantly traces how, despite numerous studies confirming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blogginheads TV on &#8216;Denialism&#8221; with Chris Mooney</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelspecter.com/2009/11/blogginheads-tv-on-denialism-with-chris-mooney/</link>
		<comments>http://www.michaelspecter.com/2009/11/blogginheads-tv-on-denialism-with-chris-mooney/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;Blogginheads TV Conversation with Chris Mooney about Denialism, Nov 12, 2009]]></description>
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		<title>Synthetic Biology: Why Not Pursuing Crazy Biotechnology is Dangerous (an interview with Gizmodo)</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelspecter.com/2009/11/synthetic-biology-why-not-pursuing-crazy-biotechnology-is-dangerous-an-interview-with-gizmodo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Slate Dialogue about &#8220;Denialism&#8221; with Chris Mooney</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelspecter.com/2009/11/slate-dialogue-about-denialism-with-chris-mooney/</link>
		<comments>http://www.michaelspecter.com/2009/11/slate-dialogue-about-denialism-with-chris-mooney/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read it here: http://www.slate.com/id/2234719/entry/2234720/]]></description>
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		<title>Organic food, genetically engineered food, world hunger, science and me &#8211; a mini mission statement.</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelspecter.com/2009/11/organic-food-genetically-engineered-food-world-hunger-science-and-me-a-mini-mission-statement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.michaelspecter.com/2009/11/organic-food-genetically-engineered-food-world-hunger-science-and-me-a-mini-mission-statement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that I have spoken about &#34;Denialism&#34;&#160; on a few radio and television broadcasts, it has become clear that certain questions and comments arise with regularity. Nothing seems to enflame people more than my assertion &#8211; conviction really &#8211; that we need to use the tools of biotechnology to address the problem of world hunger; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Mistake and an Apology to Paul Offit</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelspecter.com/2009/11/my-mistake-and-an-apology-to-paul-offit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.michaelspecter.com/2009/11/my-mistake-and-an-apology-to-paul-offit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is nothing more important to me than accuracy, and there is no place in my book, &#34;Denialism,&#34; where I tried harder to avoid careless mistakes than in the chapter called &#34;Vaccines and the Great Denial.&#34;&#160; I didn&#39;t succeed, though, and I want to make sure readers are aware of that. In a section describing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NPR Weekend Edition with Scott Simon</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelspecter.com/2009/11/npr-weekend-edition-with-scott-simon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.michaelspecter.com/2009/11/npr-weekend-edition-with-scott-simon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At last count more than hundred people have posted comments about my interview this weekend with Scott Simon on NPR.&#160; Many of those responses have supported the assertions I make in &#34;Denialism,&#34; others have criticized me with great vigor and still others, it seems, would serve as examples of&#160; the problems of denialism the book [...]]]></description>
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