How to talk to a science denier : conversations with Flat Earthers, climate deniers, and others who defy reason

Summary: "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"--

Record details

ISBN: 9780262046107 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
xvi, 264 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021]
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.