Analysis Of Christopher Delgado's Essay: The Culture Of Denial

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Christopher Delgado’s essay, “The Culture of Denial,” (2015), claims that mistrust in the scientific world is due to people’s beliefs, their ignorance and their personal agendas. Delgado demonstrates this with scientist discoveries, statistics, and explanations of people distrust in scientist conclusions, their religious beliefs and businesses apparent agendas. Delgado examines the mistrust, ignorance and the personal agendas of society in order to inform this culture to educate themselves and be open to new scientific findings. The intended audience for this essay is the general public, who is interested in the future of the scientific arena. I can relate to Christopher Delgado’s suggestion that this culture need to understand, educate,

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