Las pseudociencias y la COVID-19
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pseudociencias, COVID-19, conocimiento científicoResumen
Las pseudociencias comprenden un conjunto de creencias que se presentan como científicas, pero que no cumplen los requerimientos esenciales del conocimiento científico, por lo que representan una amenaza para el funcionamiento social, especialmente durante crisis globales como la pandemia de COVID-19. Aunque carecen de utilidad para explicar nuestra realidad y resolver los problemas que nos aquejan, estas presunciones son muy populares; cuando se presentan en la forma de pseudoteorías, ofrecen explicaciones simples a problemas complejos y con ello la ilusión de comprender un mundo confuso y en constante cambio.
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