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December 22, 2012

Why It's Critical to Cover 'Controversial' Science

Ken Fisher, Ars Technica


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Ars Technica has never been afraid to cover so-called "controversial" issues in science and culture. Here is why we routinely cover them—and why we reject calls for us to be silent on such issues.

I put "controversial" in quotes for a reason. Many of the topics that are supposedly controversial are not really contentious at all among people who are properly informed and rely on a scientific understanding of the physical world around us.

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TAGGED: science controversy, science literacy, climate change, evolution

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