Walter Eckhart
Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology and Director of the Cancer Center at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego, California.
Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology and Director of the Cancer Center at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego, California.
In the United States and Europe, immigration tends to divide people into opposing camps: those who claim that newcomers undermine economic opportunity and security for locals, and those who argue that welcoming migrants and refugees is a moral and economic imperative. How should one make sense of a debate that is often based on motivated reasoning, with emotion and underlying biases affecting the selection and interpretation of evidence?