Science on the Ropes Decline of Scientific Culture in the Era of Fak
In this controversial essay, Carlos Elías addresses the worldwide phenomenon that is threatening the scientific and economic progress of Western countries. The rise and influence of magic and irrationality in the media, in social networks and at universit
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ience on the Ropes
Carlos Elías
Science on the Ropes Decline of Scientific Culture in the Era of Fake News
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Carlos Elías Department of Journalism and Film Studies Carlos III University of Madrid Madrid, Spain
ISBN 978-3-030-12977-4 ISBN 978-3-030-12978-1 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12978-1
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Acknowledgements
Writing this book has been a goal pursued for years. I have been making progress little by little in my free time, since the lack of STEM vocations and their relationship with the media and the rise of anti-scientific culture in Western universities are not topics to be found in financial, scientific, or engineering discourses and belong more to the social sciences. However, since the approach I wanted to explore implied “blaming” the social sciences and the humanities in some way, it was not easy for those responsible for sponsoring projects in these areas to support my work. While researching more orthodox issues in media communication to fulfill the requirements of my academic career, I still tried to find time to investigate on my own this fascinating issue, namely how the war between Snow’s two cultures—science and humanities— was still alive and was influencing not only the decline in STEM vocations but also the rise of post-truth, alternative facts, and fake news. And, in short, in a decline of Western culture related to rationality, empiricism and facts. I have not had financial help, but I have had many encouragements to write an informative—and controversial—essay analyzing this problem in such a way that it is accessible not only for univ
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