Fraser Institute

Denial of Facts Is No Way to Understand Science

James Hoggan | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Climate Science, Fraser Institute, Margaret Wente, Globe and Mail, Koch Industries, Climate Change, Climategate, Confirmation Bias, Motivated Reasoning, Green News
James Hoggan

There was a time when I couldn't understand what motivated writers like Margaret Wente to stand so firmly against such clear and solid science. The psychology of "confirmation bias" has provided the answer for me.

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Squadron of Oil Executives on Fraser Institute Board of Directors

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Herbert Pinder, John Dielwart, Gwyn Morgan, Charles Barlow, John Hagg, Roger Phillips, Fraser Institute, R. Jack Pirie, William Siebens, Paul Hill, Green News
Brendan DeMelle

Canada's libertarian think-tank, the Fraser Institute, has a knack for providing excellent PR and advocacy services for the oil industry in Canada. That might be because they practically are the oil industry.

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