Monday, March 27, 2023

Big Picture Science for Mar 20, 2023 - Skeptic Check: Do Your Own Research









Big Picture Science - Skeptic Check: Do Your Own Research

(LATE POST AND A REPEAT)
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.

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This repeat podcast originally aired on February 7, 2022

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