Skeptic Check: Naomi Klein

Big Picture Science

Science, Technology

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Our information age is increasingly the disinformation age. The spread of lies and conspiracy theories has created competing experiences of reality. Facts are often useless for changing minds or even making compelling arguments. In this episode, author Naomi Klein and science philosopher Lee McIntyre discuss why the goal – not simply the byproduct - of spreading disinformation is to polarize society. They also offer ideas about how we might find our way back to a shared objective truth. Guests: Naomi Klein - Associate professor of Geography at the University of British Columbia and a co-director at the Center for Climate Justice. Author of Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World Lee McIntyre - Philosopher of science and a research fellow at the Center for Philosophy and the History of Science at Boston University, and author of Post-Truth and On Disinformation. Featuring music by Dewey Dellay and Jun Miyake Big Picture Science is part of the Airwave Media podcastnetwork. Please contact [email protected] to inquire about advertising on Big Picture Science. You can get early access to ad-free versions of every episode by joining us on Patreon. Thanks for your support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:27.2	So take it away.
1:28.2	For this story, I'm going to take you back to when I was in the fourth grade.
1:31.7	We had a science teacher who would visit our
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