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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Main Authors: Henning Hopf, Alain Krief, Goverdhan Mehta, Stephen A. Matlin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2019-05-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.190161