How to Talk to a Science Denier: Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers & Others Who Defy Reason - Lee McIntyre
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“Climate change is a hoax - and so is coronavirus.” “Vaccines are bad for you.” 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 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. He describes attempts to use his persuasive powers as a philosopher to convert Flat Earthers; surprising discussions with coal miners; and conversations with a scientist friend about genetically modified organisms in food. McIntyre offers tools and techniques for communicating the truth and values of science, emphasizing that the most important way to reach science deniers is to talk to them calmly and respectfully - to put ourselves out there, and meet them face to face.
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This post has 23 comments with rating of 4.2/5
December 4th, 2021
From the latter half of the 19th century until well into the 1930s eugenics was gold-plated science, influencing people from Margaret Sanger to George Bernard Shaw.
It was the scientific basis for the elimination of the Jews in Germany.
Professors at Harvard, Cambridge, and the Sorbonne taught of the presence of aether in the spaces between stars.
They were all wrong, and deniers were ridiculed.
Science actually welcomes criticism, but political hacks hate it.
December 4th, 2021
So, don’t take sensible, rational precautions based on medical advice, it seems. Oy.
December 4th, 2021
I love how science deniers always say “science is never settled” like that makes all science useless LOL.
December 4th, 2021
How to talk to a science denier? Mockery and ridicule.
December 4th, 2021
“flat earth”, “climate deniers” but no mention of atheism? Ok, I won’t waste my time listening to this.
December 4th, 2021
@chrisxiii your autocorrect appears to have changed ‘theism’ to ‘atheism’.
Either that or you’re a divot of the highest magnitude.
December 4th, 2021
Just dont talk to them. They are clearly uneducated and probably couldn’t hold a real conversation anyway. I had a friend who was a flat earther. All it took was a eclipse to show him the shadow of the earth on the moon is round. Thank god he was smart enough to put 2 and 2 together.
December 4th, 2021
Y’know, bdh, the Flat Earth Society’s own site confirmed that it had offices “all around the world,” so I think it entirely possible that they had more than an inkling of what was really going on (intimations of sphericity). P’haps they just enjoy the social aspect of getting together, having the chats, & a spot of bingo. And the delectable cakes, as the Flat Earthers say about their cakes - “they’re made round to go round.”
December 4th, 2021
Needs an updated version with a chapter on how to talk to a doctor who says with a straight face that a little boy can be born in a little girl’s body, and that we must take immediate action to correct the situation.
As for flat earthers… yeah, there are some real believers, but the majority of that community are just very successful trolls. The point is to get you to go to great lengths to defend what is objective truth. It’s a game to them, to get people to react to the craziness.
December 4th, 2021
They forgot the chapters on the people who believe politicians tell the truth, that all news media outlets are unbiased, and that there really are 78 genders.
also, I don’t think that a single person on the planet denies that the climate changes…the smart one’s don’t believe in the global warming hoax.
December 5th, 2021
@grond2: I totally agree, especially with your second line. The weather has been changing in cycles since time began. The Sahara used to be green and lusciously foliaged. The antarctic has had it’s turn at being planted. In Roman times, letters found sent from Vindolanda on the English-Scottish border, today a rather chilly place, tells the writer’s sister-in-law how pleasant and warm the climate is, even in winter….
December 5th, 2021
The correct answer is just don’t unless it’s just for trolling fun.
It’s like discussing religion or politics, it’s defensive conversation, so close minded and largely a waste of both parties time.
December 5th, 2021
@Helvetica the fact that climate change is rapidly accelerating due to human actions isn’t up for debate. We know that for a fact.
If you choose not to believe that, then you’re precisely the type of anti-science conspiracy theorist this book is talking about.
December 8th, 2021
How to talk to a science denier? Why would I waste my time?
December 12th, 2021
@Helvetica
See you are doing *exactly* what the author is talking about.
You are cherry picking facts and misrepresenting them. Yes, the Earth’s climate changes. And it can and has changed naturally - but that doesn’t disprove anthropogenic (human caused) climate change. And scientists take that all into account. But you act like the majority of the scientific community either somehow have overlooked something that *you* HAVE, because they are just to dumb to have seen such an obvious fact…or, the vast majority of scientists are corrupt and have decided to ignore that fact.
December 12th, 2021
Science is never settled. If debate is not allowed, it isn’t science, its propaganda!
December 15th, 2021
Look at all the sheep in the comments. Believing everything they see and hear without question. Because scientists never lie to further an agenda haha
December 18th, 2021
painfully misguided and not very good.
obviously has his own agenda to fulfil.
December 20th, 2021
@LBryceBurchett
And apparently you are TOO dumb to be able to use the English language correctly…so why should anyone listen to your talking points? Although, you should get a gold star for regurgitating them back word for word.
December 21st, 2021
RENAMED: Where FOOLS Rush In…
January 29th, 2022
imagine being a seething globecuck
March 10th, 2022
@grond2 Equating LBryceBurchett’s typo with stupidity is … dumb or disingenuous or both … you pick
It doesn’t matter what anyone writes to refute your ostrich-head-in-the-sand perspective: whatever happens, you’ll just keep saying it’s all part of the natural cycles.
Sure they will be errors in some of the current thinking but science has moved along a lot since the 19th century. Didn’t you know?
December 27th, 2022
Hey scitards ! , if god didn’t exits than how do you explane the bible ?
Check. And. Mate.
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