Bonus episode #33: Can we trust science?

In this bonus episode, Hannah & Victoria hang out with Geoff Futch, a science-loving stats nerd (we say that with love!) who has a remarkably balanced take on research, science, and how we should approach an admittedly faulty process that supplies a huge chunk of the information we use in health sciences and our day-to-day lives.

They cover:

* Geoff’s bio and our long-term relationship and trust in his thought processes

* Why people trust the sources they do

* Does “good science” even exist due to outside influences like funding, government manipulation, or other forms of bias?

* How unscupulous practices and messy science have undermined our trust

* A great example of how the game of “science telephone” happens and can lead to misinformation

* The role of nuance and subtlety in our ability to navigate information

* Why we distrust experts and how social media and influencer culture have filled that vacuum

* Geoff’s recommendation to meet a scientist and become more involved in the way information comes about in your topic of interest

* The real-world ways that poor information becomes accepted and intertwined as a trusted belief

* Evolutionary reasons why humans are captive to their biases and what we can do to break out of siloed thinking

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