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The Psychology Behind Anti-Vaccination

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Hank Green takes a different tack in confronting and understanding the anti-vaccination movement in a recent episode of SciShow, in which he explores a handful of the many, many cognitive biases and logical fallacies to which anti-vaxxers (and the rest of us) are so readily susceptible.

https://gizmodo.com/the-12-cognitive-biases-that-prevent-you-from-being-rat-5974468

https://gizmodo.com/8-logical-fallacies-that-fuel-anti-science-sentiments-1679442426

See also this recent episode of It’s Okay To Be Smart, wherein Joe Hanson addresses the “generational amnesia” that has resulted from hugely successful vaccination campaigns:

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