191. Michael Gordin on the Fringe of Where Science Meets Pseudoscience
The Michael Shermer Show
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How Do You Talk to a Climate Denier?
How do you talk to a climate denier or anti-vaxor? You take the evidence seriously, seeing what it is. And in some cases, you can offer a better explanation for their evidence than tat and that satisfies the problem. In some cases, you're just not going to succeed. It's just not going to work. But i think that that approach of being like, why do you think that and what does it do for you? Why?" Can at least give you a sense of epathetic understanding of where they're coming from - but also give you a tool by which to continue the conversation.
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