- Mark Hoofnagle
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Mark Hoofnagle Residence United States of America Citizenship United States of America Fields Physiology, Medicine, Global warming Institutions University of Virginia Alma mater University of Virginia Known for Study of climate change denial Mark Hoofnagle (born —) is an American medical doctor, physiologist and blogger. He was one of the originators of the concept of "denialism",[1] especially in relation to global warming. His interest in denialism concerns the use of denialist tactics to confuse public understanding of scientific knowledge.[2] Hoofnagle runs the website denialism.com as well as the denialism blog at ScienceBlogs.
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Education
Hoofnagle has a M.D. and Ph.D. in physiology from the University of Virginia, and is now a general surgery resident.[2] Hoofnagle received the Ph.D. before entering medical school.[3]
Global warming denialism
Hoofnagle, said by authors Pascal Diethelm and Martin McKee to be one of the developers of the concept of denialism, defines denialism as the employment of rhetorical arguments to give the appearance of legitimate debate where there is none, an approach that has the ultimate goal of rejecting a proposition on which a scientific consensus exists.[1][4]
Hoofnagle became interested in communications tactics used to "confuse public understanding of scientific knowledge."[5] Together with his brother Chris Hoofnagle, a consumer-interest lawyer who has testified before the U.S. Congress on privacy and identity theft issues, he maintains www.denialism.com, which outlines their definition of the denialist's "Deck of Cards"[6] — tactics used to derail public discourse. Brother Chris is a senior staff attorney at the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, and also a senior fellow at the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology, at the University of California, Berkeley Boalt School of Law.
"Denialist tactics are easier to employ than engaging in a good-faith dialogue about political and social problems. Agreeing to a dialogue creates risks, most notably the chance that problems needing legislative or regulatory attention will be unearthed," said Chris Jay Hoofnagle.[5]
Mark Hoofnagle has written a "how-to" article on being a crank scholar.[7]
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References
- ^ a b Pascal Diethelm, Martin McKee (2009). "Denialism: what is it and how should scientists respond?" (pdf). European Journal of Public Health 19 (1): 2–4. doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn139. PMID 19158101. http://eurpub.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/19/1/2.pdf.
- ^ a b "denialism blog". scienceblogs.com. http://scienceblogs.com/denialism/. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
- ^ Parker-Pope, Tara (2008-01-14). "The Mysteries of Surgeons, Revealed - Well Blog - NYTimes.com". well.blogs.nytimes.com. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/14/the-mysteries-of-surgeons-revealed/?pagemode=print. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
- ^ Hoofnagle, Mark (2009-03-11). "Climate change deniers: failsafe tips on how to spot them". London: guardian.co.uk. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2009/mar/10/climate-change-denier. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
- ^ a b "'Denialism' and muddying the waters: denialism spans the ideological spectrum and is about tactics rather than politics or partisanship.". goliath.ecnext.com. http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-6689597/Denialism-and-muddying-the-waters.html. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
- ^ "Denialists' Deck of Cards". www.denialism.com. http://www.denialism.com/Deckofcards/deck.html. Retrieved 2010-03-22.
- ^ "Everything You Wanted to Know About Being a Crank Scholar but Were Afraid to Ask - News - The Chronicle of Higher Education". chronicle.com. http://chronicle.com/article/Everything-You-Wanted-to-Know/38956. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
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