How Bad Does It Have to Get?

Published: March 23, 2020, 3:29 p.m.

b'\\u201cClimate change at warp speed\\u201d is the way one scientist described the coronavirus outbreak.\\xa0\\xa0\\nIn a show recorded before a live audience at the Seattle AAAS meeting, and co-presented with the BBC World Service, we discuss out how politics and psychology lead people to tune out inconvenient scientific findings even when the stakes are high \\u2013 as well as what we can do about it.\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\n Roland Pease\\xa0\\u2013 BBC reporter, presenter of \\u201cScience in Action.\\u201d\\n\\n\\nLee McIntyre\\xa0\\u2013 Philosopher and Research Fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University and author of \\u201cThe Scientific Attitude\\u201d and \\u201cPost-Truth\\u201d\\n\\n\\n Reyhaneh Maktoufi\\xa0\\u2013 Civic Science Fellow with NOVA PBS at station WGBH, with a focus on science communication\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'