Kristen Intemann (Montana State University), Inmaculada de Melo-Martin (Weill Cornell Medical College)
Dissent about widely accepted scientific claims can promote doubt about scientific evidence, intimidate scientists, stymie research, and lead the public and policymakers to oppose needed policies. To limit these problems we argue that the primary focus should be not on targeting the dissent views per se, but rather on facilitating warranted trust between scientists and laypersons so as to prevent the sort of conditions that can make scientific dissent more damaging.
