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How to talk to a science denier conversations with flat Earthers, climate deniers, and others who defy reason

"In How to Talk to a Science Denier, Lee McIntyre tells the story of his own adventures in talking face to face with science deniers and their victims--including a Flat Earth convention in Denver, coal miners in rural Pennsylvania, and fishermen in the Maldives--and what he learned from the experien...

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Main Author: McIntyre, Lee C. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Science > Social aspects.
Science > Public opinion.
Pseudoscience.
Truthfulness and falsehood.
Reasoning.
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Summary:"In How to Talk to a Science Denier, Lee McIntyre tells the story of his own adventures in talking face to face with science deniers and their victims--including a Flat Earth convention in Denver, coal miners in rural Pennsylvania, and fishermen in the Maldives--and what he learned from the experience"--
Physical Description:xvi, 264 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780262046107
0262046105
Author Notes:Lee McIntyre is a Research Fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University. He is the author of Dark Ages: The Case for a Science of Human Behavior , Post-Truth , and The Scientific Attitude: Defending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience , all published by the MIT Press.

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