Deniers invoke debunked zombie beliefs or disparage science as corrupt

Evidence

Some deniers of detrimental effects subscribe to what have come to be called “zombie beliefs” that have been thoroughly debunked empirically. Other deniers disparage evidence of adverse effects as “junk science” and attribute discrediting nefarious motives to scientists. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2978

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces the evocative ‘zombie beliefs’ label for empirically-debunked but persistent ideas.
• XREF: connects to: Science deniers do not reject science itself, only its inconvenient conclusions — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 269; Corporate climate deniers are corrupt, not confused about reality; Science deniers exploit science’s unfalsifiability-of-proof to demand equal standing for pseudoscience. — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 58