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Science deniers often give weak [[Rationalization (Psychology)|rationalizations]] for their irrational statements and/or behaviors. For example, a cancer researcher who is addicted to cigarettes may say such things as "I can quit anytime I want to."
Science deniers often give weak [[Rationalization (Psychology)|rationalizations]] for their irrational statements and/or behaviors. For example, a cancer researcher who is addicted to cigarettes may say such things as "I can quit anytime I want to."
== Examples ==
== Examples of science denialism==
[[RationalWiki and web traffic|RationalWiki]] is a politically [[leftism|left]]-leaning website that skews towards [[atheism]]/[[agnosticism]] in terms of its [[worldview]]. RationalWiki's main page purports that the purpose of the website is "Analyzing and refuting pseudoscience and the anti-science movement" and "Documenting the full range of crank ideas".
[[RationalWiki and web traffic|RationalWiki]] is a politically [[leftism|left]]-leaning website that skews towards [[atheism]]/[[agnosticism]] in terms of its [[worldview]]. RationalWiki's main page purports that the purpose of the website is "Analyzing and refuting pseudoscience and the anti-science movement" and "Documenting the full range of crank ideas".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page RationalWiki main page]</ref>
*In 2023, RationalWiki Moderator User: Spud, who is on the board of directors of the Rational Media Foundation, asked people to eat ultra-processed/processed/junk food despite the evidence that such food is unhealthy according to a vast collection of medical scientific evidence and that it has likely harmed a great number of people (See: [[Rational Media Board of Director and RationalWiki Moderater User: Spud and ultra-processed/unhealthy/junk food]] and [[Consumption of processed foods and health risks]]).
*In 2023, RationalWiki Moderator User: Spud, who is on the board of directors of the Rational Media Foundation, asked people to eat ultra-processed/processed/junk food despite the evidence that such food is unhealthy according to a vast collection of medical scientific evidence and that it has likely harmed a great number of people (See: [[Rational Media Board of Director and RationalWiki Moderater User: Spud and ultra-processed/unhealthy/junk food]] and [[Consumption of processed foods and health risks]]).