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McIntyre, Lee C.,

How to talk to a science denier : conversations with flat Earthers, climate deniers, and others who defy reason / Lee McIntyre. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021] - xvi, 264 pages : illustration ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"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"--

ISBN: 9780262046107 0262046105 9780262545051 0262545055

LCCN: 2020050478

Nat. Bib. No.: GBC1B6889 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 020271229 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Science--Social aspects.
Science--Public opinion.
Pseudoscience.
Truthfulness and falsehood.
Reasoning.
Science
Quacks and quackery.
Health attitudes.
Thought and thinking.
Disinformation.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Informational works.

LC Class. No.: Q175.5 / .M3954 2021

Dewey Class. No.: 306.4/5

National Library of Medicine Call No.: Q 175.5