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173. Naomi Oreskes — Why Trust Science?

The Michael Shermer Show

Why Science and Technology Is the Answer to That Queston

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Shermer: Why trust science? I love a book with a a. My rule is the title or sub title should tell the reader what the book is about. We've always been sceptical of si, or psychic power, e s p, that sort of thing. The believers are always saying, ok, come on, what's it going to take to convince you nd i said, well, you know, a professional study by a real scientist,. published in a per review journal. And so maybe that's an introduction to just a simple thing like it. Here's our method. If you pass it, you're in the club and you get to count what you believe in

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