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203. Lee McIntyre — How to Talk to a Science Denier: Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason

The Michael Shermer Show

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I'll Give You One Better on That

i think that these sorts of identities are created. Sometimes they come out of nowhere. I don't know where flat earth came from. But some science denial is whipped by people who do have an interest, the tobacco lobby and the inofassa fuel industry. They will put a lot of effort into polarization and disinformation to convince people,. as you know, as we know, to be on their side with climate change. And instead of looking at this as an ideology, how about as a capitalistic opportunity, you know, to address this problem and make a lot of money? Something like that. That has nothing to do with republican idiology. You could even make the argument that,

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