Common sense isn't always that sensible

Injecting our offspring with germs, heating milk rather than keeping it cool: is it any wonder science and common sense clash?Why do people believe dangerous, anti-scientific nonsense, such as the claim that vaccines cause autism, or that climate change isn’t real? The usual answer is some combination of stupidity, misinformation and an unwillingness to face scary truths. But at the risk of making myself as popular as Gwyneth Paltrow at a meeting of the General Medical Council, I’d l