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Lee McIntyre: Talking to Science Deniers

Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda

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Is There a Way to Be Warm in a Conversation?

Lunce: People can find common ground on ignorance and uncertainty, to be able to say, well, you know, no, science doesn't know everything about such and such. And then that builds credibility. I remember here recently, a frank lunts, the g o p polster didaa, did a focus group with a 19 or 20 a republican who would not, who didn't want to take the cove of vaccine. They weren't vaccine deniers, but they were sceptical at least. The message that worked is just by listening to them and and being warm,you know, that put them in mind to change their mind. That was what did it.

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