How to talk to a science denier : conversations with flat earthers, climate deniers, and others who defy reason
McIntyre, Lee C.2022
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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 book, Lee McIntyre shows that anyone can fight back against science deniers, and argues that it's important to do so. Science denial can kill. Drawing on his own experience - including a visit to a Flat Earth convention - as well as academic research, McIntyre outlines the common themes of science denialism, present in misinformation campaigns ranging from tobacco companies' denial in the 1950s that smoking causes lung cancer to today's anti-vaxxers.
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Author:
McIntyre, Lee C., author
Imprint:
Cambridge : The MIT Press, 2022.
Collation:
280 pages ; 23 cm
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Originally published: 2021.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780262545051 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
306.45
Language:
English
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BRN:
2548885
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