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The Skeptics Guide #876 - Apr 23 2022

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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What's the Most Effective Strategy for Correcting Misinformation About a Public Health Topic?

i work at a non profit and not for profit, and one of the things we try to create are interventions when it comes to public health. We have a sight that offers information in a quiz like format. He gives the ur rela, know it or not dot com. Ive heard that sometimes these types of true false paradimes might not be the best and don't do well to vaccinate folks against mis disinformation. Personally, i can see how such a paradime talks down to someone who's deep in the hole, and it might not communicate the sceptical mind set. Now, i know you all have discussed the efficacy of these types of interventions, and wanted to know your

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