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How to Build Public Resilience Against Misinformation
John Defterios has been working on a taxonomy of rhetorical techniques used in climate misinformation for the last 10 years. He says games can motivate people to practice critical thinking, so he's brought out an app called cranky uncle. The game basically has a character who explains all the techniques he uses to deny climate science and then you practice spotting those techniques by being given quiz questions.