Michael shimmer talks to lee macintyre about his new book, how to talk to a science denyer. How do we know the difference? How does science operate? How do you define it? How do we determine what's reliable knowledge or not? And then from something as fringy as the flat earth, we get into the anny vaxers and igea mowers,. climatiners and other slightly more important topics for arfor society.
“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.