bjoern.brembs.blog » Earning credibility in post-factual science?

"While they may have more than one thing in common, the point important for now is that despite both having an air of plausibility or ‘truthiness’ around them, they’re both false: neither has Donald Trump ever said these words to People magazine, nor do gay canvassers have such an effect on people’s attitudes (even though the quoted statement about this research was indeed published in Science magazine). The issue of false facts has become so rampant in current politics, that some have dubbed our common era 'post-factual'. While on the surface, 'post-factual science' appears to be an oxymoron, recent evidence raises the tantalizing possibility that at least the literature of the life-sciences, broadly speaking, may be on track to leaving the reality-based community (although more research is required) ..."