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Don't Look Up: Hollywood's primer on 5 myths that fuel science denial
Rejection of science takes many forms and hurts our ability to respond to pandemics and climate change.
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Leonardo DiCaprio (left) and Jennifer Lawrence (right) play astronomers in satirical movie Don't Look Up.
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Gale Sinatra and Barbara K. Hofer
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Every disaster movie seems to open with a scientist being ignored. Don't Look Up is no exception - in fact, people ignoring or flat out denying scientific evidence is the point.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence play astronomers who make a literally Earth-shattering discovery and then try to persuade the president to take action to save humanity. It's a satire that explores how individuals, scientists, the media and politicians respond when faced with scientific facts that are uncomfortable, threatening and inconvenient.
