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A Tangled Web - Bookworms Collection
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A Tangled Web - Bookworms CollectionA Tangled Web - Bookworms Collection

Deception is usually frowned
on as morally unacceptable,
but is it always wrong? Can
hiding or distorting the
truth sometimes have good
effects, adding to the sum of
human happiness? These ten
stories are full of secrets and
lies, from a light-hearted bit
of fun to dark and desperate
deceit; but whether harmless
or evil, deception can
sometimes lead to quite
unexpected complications
Deception is usually frowned on as morally unacceptable, but is it always wrong? Can hiding or distorting the truth sometimes have good
effects, adding to the sum of human happiness? 
 
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Tags: sometimes, truth, effects, adding, Deception, hiding, distorting, Tangled
Truth, Lies, and Public Health
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Truth, Lies, and Public HealthThe "politicalization" of research findings has become prevalent over the past two decades. Politics often prevents the implementation of policy supported by irrefutable science. Most of us understand something about how this is happening with stem cell research, but Cornell's Madelon Finkel delves deep into the subject to make the issues clear, also revealing how ideology and politics are distorting, diminishing, and destroying scientific research results regarding topics from needle exchange to medical marijuana use and HIV/AIDS prevention.

 
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Tags: research, ideology, Public, exchange, Finkel, distorting, diminishing, scientific, politics