Why do People and groups ignore, deny and resist knowledge about society\'s many problems? In a world of \'alternative facts\', \'fake news\' that some believe could be remedied by \'factfulness\', the question has never been more pressing.
It identifies simplistic views.
After years of ideologically polarised debates on this topic, the book seeks to further advance our understanding of the phenomenon of knowledge resistance by integrating insights from the social, economic and evolutionary sciences.
Why do People and groups ignore, deny and resist knowledge about society\'s many problems? In a world of \'alternative facts\', \'fake news\' that some believe could be remedied by \'factfulness\', the question has never been more pressing