The the campaign against established knowledge and why it matters Nichols, Tom (Thomas M.) 1960- creator author. text bibliography nyu 2024 Second edition, Updated and expanded edition. monographic eng

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xxiii, 309 pages ; 21 cm. "In the early 1990s, a small group of "AIDS denialists," including a University of California professor named Peter Duesberg, argued against virtually the entire medical establishment's consensus that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was the cause of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Science thrives on such counterintuitive challenges, but there was no evidence for Duesberg's beliefs, which turned out to be baseless. Once researchers found HIV, doctors and public health officials were able to save countless lives through measures aimed at preventing its transmission"-- Preface to the Updated and Expanded Edition -- Preface -- Introduction: The death of expertise -- Experts and citizens -- How conversation became exhausting -- Higher Education: The customer is always right -- Let me Google that for you: How unlimited information is making us dumber -- The "New" new journalism, and lots of it -- When the experts are wrong -- The experts, the public, and the Pandemic -- Conclusion: Experts and democracy. Tom Nichols. Previous edition published in 2017. Includes bibliographical references (page 299) and index. Information society Political aspects Sociedad de la información Aspectos políticos Knowledge, Theory of Political aspects Teoría del conocimiento Aspectos políticos Knowledge, Sociology of Sociología del conocimiento Expertise Political aspects Education, Higher Political aspects Internet Political aspects Internet Aspectos políticos HM 851 N622d 2024 303.48/33 Nichols, Thomas M., 1960- New York : Oxford University Press, [2024] Second edition. (DLC) 2023049383 9780197763834 (paperback) 0197763839 (paperback) 9780197763827 (hardback) 2023049382 DLC 231204 20250331170058.0 23411510 eng