Big Picture Science - Skeptic Check: Do Your Own Research
Scientists are
increasingly finding their expertise questioned by non-experts who claim
they’ve done their own “research.” Whether advocating Ivermectin to treat
Covid, insisting that climate change is a hoax, or asserting that the Earth is
flat, doubters are now dismissed by being told to “do your own research!” But
is a Wiki page evidence? What about a YouTube video? What happens to our quest
for truth along the way? Plus, a science historian goes to a Flat Earth
convention to talk reason.
Guests:
- Yvette Johnson-Walker – epidemiologist at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, and affiliate faculty with the University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health.
- Nathan Ballantyne – Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University, in New York.
- David Dunning – Social psychologist and Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan.
- Lee McIntyre – Research fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History at Boston University, author of “Post-Truth,” and “How to Talk to a Science Denier: Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason.”
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