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Diagnosis: Denialism
New Scientist has an opinion piece up that hits on an ongoing theme of this blog: communicating statistical science to the public. In summary, it argues that those who reject scientific ideas like evolution, global warming, vaccination, AIDS, and such … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, conspiracy, expertise, information dissemination, knowledge gap, rhetoric of science
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International Conspiracy Theorists
I’ve always been fascinated with the conspiracy theory mindset. There’s the surface level rhetoric of taking events that aren’t fully explained and presenting a rationale for them that is plausible — though fully unlikely. But there’s also the deeper issue … Continue reading
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Tagged conspiracy, information dissemination, mass media, rhetoric
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Forget the numbers?
Yet another post on what has become a near obsession of mine: how do experts communicate numbers to the public? I’m still working my way through the Intro to Psych class from MIT that motivated the last post. But this … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, economics, education, expertise, information dissemination, rhetoric of science
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Oh, how times have changed!
I got a request to do an entry on the Goldman Sachs “situation.” And I always listen to my fans, err, friends kind enough to read this regularly. Earlier today both the NYTimes and the Wall Street Journal have published … Continue reading
Climategate debunked, finally?
There was the whole “climategate” debacle a few months back where emails were stolen from a leading climate research lab that supposedly showed fraudulent activity. Rhetoric of Science people almost assuredly remember that. Earlier today a second UK panel investigating … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, education, information dissemination, knowledge gap, rhetoric of science
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Facebook v. Twitter: Which will change the world?
So, I promised that this blog post would be more upbeat. To that end, I’ve decided to predict which of the two most prominent social networking sites — Facebook or Twitter — will have the greatest impact on society in … Continue reading
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Tagged commerce, information dissemination, knowledge creation, social media
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