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Can Science Be Saved?
Many people believe that science is in crisis. In fact, the weight of evidence suggests that the scientific enterprise in America is alive and well and thriving. However, in recent years, public debates about the validity of scientific findings and the value of science have intensified, as some Americans have actively resisted and even denied …
Situation Critical | David Grimes
It seems a big claim, but knowing how to think clearly and critically has literally helped save the world. In September 1983, at the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union’s early warning system showed five U.S. missiles heading toward the country. Stanislaw Petrov knew his duty: to inform Moscow that nuclear war had …
How to Talk to a Science Denier | Lee McIntyre
You can’t convince a science denier with facts without it backfiring. Or so most of us thought. The latest research shows that this is mistaken and that there ARE effective techniques that can be used to keep someone from becoming a science denier or even help them to overturn mistaken beliefs once they are formed. …
The Elephant in the Room: Why Facts Don’t Change Minds, and What to Do About It
Have you ever tried this? You go out in the world, armed with facts, and expect to change other people’s minds. How’d it work out for you? Minds, it turns out, are strangely resistant to changing. Why is that? How do humans make decisions, and why do facts seem to be so maddeningly unpersuasive? The answers …
Who’s Counting? Uniting Numbers and Narratives
For decades, New York Times best-selling author John Allen Paulos has enlightened readers by showing how to make sense of the numbers and probabilities behind real-world events, political calculations, and everyday personal decisions. Who’s Counting? features dozens of his insightful essays—original writings on contemporary issues like the COVID-19 pandemic, online conspiracy theories, “fake news,” and climate change, …
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