Science plays an integral role in today’s society as many of our philosophies, views, and thoughts are based on the facts and observations that have been discovered. However, with so much knowledge there is always room for scientific error, specifically with our personal ideologies. Furthermore, error and denial is not always an indicator of how much knowledge a person has. Dr. Michael Shermer and Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee discuss the interconnected relationship between humans’ frequent denial of science and their personal beliefs to try to unravel the underlying cause of why we deny the truth and the certain systems that are involved. Many humans reject scientific facts because of their deep-rooted belief systems and lack of genuine, open minded curiosity.
One person in particular named Thomas Hobbes discusses how humans make errors by how we communicate and organize our language. Because of this, our beliefs and ideas can be misinterpreted which can make it difficult to uncover the truth. Speech is used as…show more content… Siddhartha Mukherjee discusses the many systems and types of equipment that play a role in science denial. One of these pressing issues is how certain “facts” can be described differently depending on the relationship between two people. In Dr. Mukherjee’s example, his father’s doctor describes his father’s condition to him, but he does so patronizingly. Mukherjee writes, “He added that my father’s sodium had fallen to 128--critically low [...] I wanted to tell him that I knew how to read a CT scan and understood what a low-sodium reading was” (p. 29). Because of his father’s condition, his doctor seems to be more thoroughly explaining the CT scan. He wants to show Mukherjee that he is knowledgeable and is capable of caring for his father during such a fragile time. However, Mukherjee interprets this differently and sees his use of thorough description as more of an “underminement” of his
