Agnotology – culturally constructed ignorance, created by special interest groups to create confusion and suppress the truth in a societally important issue. It is especially useful to sow seeds of doubt in complex scientific issues by publicizing inaccurate or misleading data.
See Also:
- Big Tobacco
- Iraq has WMD
- Global Warming is a Hoax
- Vaccines cause Autism
Sources:
http://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-06-27/culturally-constructed-ignorance-wins-the-day
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