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Skeptoid #309: The Science and Politics of Global Warming

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

Skeptic, Social Sciences, Skepticism, Paranormal, Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, Science, History

4.63K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2012

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

How global warming became the poster boy for failed science communication.

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0:00.0

The unfortunate fact about human-caused global warming is that it became a political

0:08.6

issue.

0:09.6

Almost nobody turns to the science to inform their opinion, instead they turn to their

0:14.2

favorite political pundit and adopt whatever they say.

0:18.8

Global warming is the virtual poster boy for failed science communication.

0:24.3

What did we do wrong and how can we do better?

0:27.6

This is today UnSkeptoid.

0:35.6

Hey everyone, Brian here.

0:37.3

A quick favor.

0:38.6

We are conducting an audience survey.

0:41.0

We'd be really grateful if you could take just a few minutes and answer our survey.

0:45.4

This is the kind of thing that's sort of an engineering and marketing necessity to make

0:48.8

the whole free podcast ecosystem flourish.

0:52.4

So please check it out.

0:54.1

Also surveys are fun.

0:55.3

You get to talk about yourself.

0:57.3

Please visit survey.prx.org-skeptoid to take the survey today.

1:04.3

That's survey.prx.org-skeptod.

1:12.3

Thanks.

1:27.3

Today we're going to open Pandora's box.

1:30.1

We're going to point the skeptical eye at AGW, anthropogenic global warming.

1:35.6

That part of climate change due to human actions.

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