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 exp...

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Main Author: McIntyre, Lee C. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021]
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Table of Contents:
  • What I learned at the Flat Earth Convention
  • What is science denial?
  • How do you change someone's mind?
  • Close encounters with climate change
  • Canary in the coal mine
  • Genetically Modified Organisms : is there such a thing as liberal science denial?
  • Talking with trust
  • Coronavirus and the road ahead.