[Interview] Immune System for Your Mind Against Disinformation with Lee McIntyre

Today I'm talking to Lee McIntyre, philosopher of science and the author of a recently released book 'How to Talk to a Science Denier'. We talked about the problems with science communication in modern society, the challenges that misinformation poses, and how we can possibly fight it. 📖 Lee McIntyre Books: https://leemcintyrebooks.com/ 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 - Intro. Meet Lee McIntyre 00:47 - Where does science denialism come from 09:12 - Climate change, Moon Landing, Shape of the Earth 13:28 - How to fight it 18:41 - Double standard of reasoning 20:22 - The only thing that will work 26:58 - Changing your mind: weakness or strength? 32:56 - Uncertainty in science 40:12 - How to do it better 44:26 - Immune system for the mind 59:53 - Outro 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/DrlsuLMnQ2I 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast