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b'Scientists are increasingly finding their expertise questioned by non-experts who claim they\\u2019ve done their own \\u201cresearch.\\u201d Whether advocating Ivermectin to treat Covid, insisting that climate change is a hoax, or asserting that the Earth is flat, doubters are now dismissed by being told to \\u201cdo your own research!\\u201d But is a Wiki page evidence? What about a YouTube video? What happens to our quest for truth along the way? Plus, a science historian goes to a Flat Earth convention to talk reason.\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nYvette Johnson-Walker\\xa0\\u2013 epidemiologist at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, and affiliate faculty with the University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health.\\n\\n\\nNathan Ballantyne\\xa0\\u2013 Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University, in New York.\\n\\n\\nDavid Dunning\\xa0\\u2013 Social psychologist and Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan.\\n\\n\\nLee McIntyre\\xa0\\u2013\\xa0Research fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History at Boston University, author of \\u201cPost-Truth,\\u201d and \\u201cHow to Talk to a Science Denier: Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason.\\u201d\\n\\n\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'