Denialism is “dysfunctional” skepticism “driven by how the denier would like things to be rather than what he has evidence for.” Examples Flat earth Creationism Vaccine terror Obama was born in kenya The young earth/anti- evolution Human caused climate warming is a hoax The sandy hook killings did not happen, or were a government conspiracy Moon landings were a hoax 9-11 was a government conspiracy People tend to see what they WANT to see, and aggressively deny what they find unpleasant
