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S11, E6: The Smoking Gun of Cancel Culture
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S11, E6: The Smoking Gun of Cancel Culture

Series 11: The Collateral Damage of Revenge in Science

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Michael Vigne
Feb 17, 2024
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People can be more readily persuaded to omit inconvenient truths than tell an outright lie, and ‘white lies’, are often omissions to protect someone’s feelings. The idea of a ‘greater good’ is key, because although we might surmise that only the nefarious would collaborate in a deliberate lie, even honest peo…

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