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Today I'm talking to Lee McIntyre, philosopher of science and the author of a recently released book 'How to Talk to a Science Denier'. We talked about the problems with science communication in modern society, the challenges that misinformation poses, and how we can possibly fight it.

📖 Lee McIntyre Books: https://leemcintyrebooks.com/

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• 00:00 - Intro. Meet Lee McIntyre

• 00:47 - Where does science denialism come from

• 09:12 - Climate change, Moon Landing, Shape of the Earth

• 13:28 - How to fight it

• 18:41 - Double standard of reasoning

• 20:22 - The only thing that will work

• 26:58 - Changing your mind: weakness or strength?

• 32:56 - Uncertainty in science

• 40:12 - How to do it better

• 44:26 - Immune system for the mind

• 59:53 - Outro

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