Battling Misinformation, with Guest Dr. Alex Lickerman, M.D.

Hold Me Back: Son and Father Change the Conversation

Aidan and Ash ElDifrawi

Parenting, Generationaldivide, Aidaneldifrawi, Asheldifrawi, Kids & Family, Holdmeback, Genxgenz, Education, Self-improvement

5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

In this two-part episode, Ash and Aidan discuss the biggest threat to Gen-Z: the erosion of critical thinking due to the digital world. They debate what's been called an "epidemic of cognitive contagion" with no end in sight. The boys explore the three biggest culprits to this epidemic: Motivated Reasoning, Tribalism, and the rampant spread of Misinformation. In Part 1 they welcome Alex Lickerman, M.D., a renowned physician and author, to discuss why healthcare is particularly vulnerable to misinformation and what Gen Z can do to separate fact from fiction in a world of unlimited and unfiltered content. Who was more convincing: Aidan or Ash? Vote at HoldMeBack.com

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0:00.0	Has that made it really hard for you as a doctor?
0:01.6	Because do people come in all the time
0:03.3	with sort of these beliefs or that red studies?
0:05.0	Because you can find something to support anything
0:08.2	you want to believe.
0:09.1	And I'm wondering how hard that's making
0:10.8	it to practice medicine right now.
0:12.4	It is amazing to me how much time I now spend trying
0:15.7	to disabuse people of notions that have no credibility
0:18.8	in science whatsoever.
0:24.4	Welcome to Hold Me Back, the Sunfather Podcast
0:27.4	that's committed to bridging the growing generational divide.
0:30.2	My name is Aiden, I'm a Jen Zier, and I'm his dad Ash.
0:33.6	I'm a Jen Exo.
0:34.5	Join us as we negotiate a new contract
0:36.5	between our generations.
0:38.0	Each episode will have a spirited and healthy debate
0:41.1	on a different topic that's impacting how I'm growing up
0:43.4	and seeing.
0:44.1	And sometimes not so healthy debate.
0:46.1	You are a teenager.
0:47.4	You're such a boomer.
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