Just One More Question

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I'm more or less sagnostic about howin scientists are in this dither with one another, a especially philosophers of science, over how you should properly reason. I moing to remain agnostic about how we reason on the basis of evidence, because that feels to me like getting caught, getting mired in the logical questions again. What i really think is necessary at this point in my career is to make a difference for science and to get out there and change some minds about pseudo science. Or just asking questions. The that actually has a phrase, till asking questions. Jacki he's jacking off. He's just asking questions, like columba, i just have

“Climate change is a hoax — and so is coronavirus.” “Vaccines are bad for you.” These days, many of our fellow citizens reject scientific expertise and prefer ideology to facts. They are not merely uninformed — they are misinformed. They cite cherry-picked evidence, rely on fake experts, and believe conspiracy theories. How can we convince such people otherwise? How can we get them to change their minds and accept the facts when they don’t believe in facts? In this conversation based on his new book, Lee McIntyre shows that anyone can fight back against science deniers, and argues that it’s important to do so.