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Mentioned in 18 episodes
Merchants of doubt
Book • 2010
In 'Merchants of Doubt', historians Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway expose how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists, with deep connections in politics and industry, ran effective campaigns to mislead the public and deny well-established scientific knowledge over four decades.
The book highlights how the same individuals repeatedly denied the truth of studies linking smoking to lung cancer, coal smoke to acid rain, and CFCs to the ozone hole, all while promoting an ideology of free market fundamentalism aided by a compliant media.
The book highlights how the same individuals repeatedly denied the truth of studies linking smoking to lung cancer, coal smoke to acid rain, and CFCs to the ozone hole, all while promoting an ideology of free market fundamentalism aided by a compliant media.
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Mentioned in 18 episodes
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as books revealing how doubt has been used across industries.


Tristan Harris

Daniel Barcay

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Weaponizing Uncertainty: How Tech is Recycling Big Tobacco’s Playbook
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when discussing the history of climate change skepticism.

Chris Field

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#333 — Sanity Check on Climate Change
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as co-authors of "Merchants of Doubt", discussing the use of bad science by predatory industries.


Michael Lewis

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Episode 9: Framing the Gambler
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as a book about the creation of doubt.

Robert Proctor

106 snips
Agnotology (WILLFUL IGNORANCE) Updated Encore with Dr. Robert Proctor
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as her co-author on several books, including 'Merchants of Doubt' and 'The Big Myth'.

Naomi Oreskes

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Lifting the Curtain on Climate Denial — Naomi Oreskes — Cleaning Up Redux
Recommended as a must-read book.

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Selects: The Great Nuclear Winter Debate of 1983
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in relation to the playbook used by industries to delay reckoning with harmful products.


Tristan Harris

45 snips
Forever Chemicals, Forever Consequences: What PFAS Teaches Us About AI

Georg Diez

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#766 - Autor Georg Diez über die Fehler in den 1990er & die Probleme der Gegenwart
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when discussing a quote from the book.


Evan Bernstein

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The Skeptics Guide #1029 - Mar 29 2025
Referenced by Nicole Oreskes as describing climate myths that disappear and then resurface.

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S3E4: ACTUALLY It’s Global COOLING [Full Episode Unlock]
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in relation to her explanation of how libertarian politics and the fight against the Soviet Union in the 1980s influenced climate change denial.


Sean Carroll

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53 | Solo -- On Morality and Rationality
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as a resource for understanding how industries manipulate information, using the tobacco industry as an example.

Rachel Richards

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Sibling rivalry and how to deal with it as a parent. Also, the vaping teenager. 8
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as a book about how the tobacco industry and climate change denial are largely the result of PR.


Josh Clark

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Selects: How Droughts Work
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comme un ouvrage précédent de 

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Julien Devaureix


Naomi Oreskes

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145🇬🇧. The Religion of the Free Market - NAOMI ORESKES (VO)


Nicole Conlan

S3E6: The Climate Denier’s Mailbag
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as a book describing communication playbooks used by the tobacco industry.


Andrea Miotti

Ex-OpenAI Researcher Warns AI Companies Will Lose Control of AI | ControlAI Podcast #2 w/ Steven Adler
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als Standardwerk zum Thema organisierte Wissenschaftsleugnung.

Christina Sartori

SPEZIAL: Echte Verschwörungen - Manipulieren uns Konzerne?
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, discussing the tobacco industry's strategy of casting doubt.


Alan Watkins

THE TRUST CRISIS #1 w/ Alan Watkins & Durwin Foster
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as a book relevant to the study of agnotology.

Robert Proctor

Agnotology (IGNORANCE) with Robert Proctor
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als Buch über den Einfluss von Interessengeleiteter Expertise auf den öffentlichen Diskurs, insbesondere im Kontext der Klimakrise.

Stefan Schmitt

Die Energiekrise – warum es so unglaublich lange dauert, bis die Wirtschaft kllimaneutral produziert