The Michael Shermer Show

173. Naomi Oreskes — Why Trust Science?

Apr 17, 2021
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 4min
2
Why Science and Technology Is the Answer to That Queston
03:34 • 5min
3
The Science of Climate Change Is Not Interesting and Exciting for the Media
08:06 • 3min
4
How to Reproduce Negative Results
10:54 • 2min
5
Is There a Problem With Research Grants?
12:44 • 3min
6
P Hacking
15:22 • 3min
7
Are We Just Looking for Evidence to Confirm What We Think?
18:23 • 4min
8
Is Markism Scientific?
22:49 • 2min
9
Einstein's Theory of Relativity
24:23 • 5min
10
Is Kip Thorn the Guy?
29:09 • 4min
11
Is It the Authority of Kip Thorne as a Physicist?
33:04 • 4min
12
The Challenges of the Social Sciences
37:28 • 3min
13
The Conciliante of Inductions
40:43 • 5min
14
Creationism Isn't a Bad Evolutionary Theory
45:48 • 3min
15
Is There a God in the Universe?
48:59 • 2min
16
Do You Think Dawkins Is Making a Category Error?
51:18 • 4min
17
Are Dostoyovskys Brothers Really Brothers Named Karamazov in Nineteenth Century Russia?
55:17 • 4min
18
The Origins of Morality
59:20 • 1min
19
Is There a God Behind It?
01:00:44 • 6min
20
What's the Difference Between Liberals and Republicans?
01:06:17 • 2min
21
What My Net Can't Catch Isn't Fish
01:07:50 • 3min
22
ICU Tests
01:11:05 • 2min
23
The S a T Test
01:13:11 • 2min
24
Is There a Way to Get a PhD?
01:15:17 • 2min
25
The Flossing Story
01:17:37 • 5min
26
The Problem With Dietary Studies
01:22:14 • 2min
27
The Model Dependent Realism of Science
01:23:53 • 5min
28
The Relationship Between the New Theory and the Old Theory
01:28:47 • 4min
29
Is Punctuated Equilibrium a Paradise and Evolution?
01:32:23 • 5min
30
What's the Difference Between Science and the New York Review of Books?
01:37:04 • 6min
31
The Rock Potato Test
01:42:37 • 2min
32
Science and a Mission Is Coming Out Next Week
01:44:19 • 2min