Download or read book Resistance to Evidence written by Mona Simion and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024-02-15 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the phenomenon of distrusting evidence coming from reliable sources with current examples including climate change and vaccine scepticism. The book argues that evidence resistance relates to a type of cognitive malfunction and distinguishes it from justified evidence rejection occurring in environments polluted with disinformation.