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Emma Frances Bloomfield

Emma Frances (E.F.) Bloomfield is a PhD student in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California.

(A)theologies, Science, StoriesFebruary 17, 2014

Science Denial Can’t be Cured by Education

By Emma Frances Bloomfield

A recent op-ed correctly compares the anti-science beliefs of creationists and the anti-vaccine movement, but the answer isn’t more facts.

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