Fake science and the knowledge crisis: ignorance can be fatal
Computers, the Internet and social media enable every individual to be a publisher, communicating true or false information instantly and globally. In the ‘post-truth’ era, deception is commonplace at all levels of contemporary life. Fakery affects science and social information and the two have bec...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
2019-05-01
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Series: | Royal Society Open Science |
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Online Access: | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.190161 |