62. Cailin O'Connor, The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread

Published: Aug. 1, 2019, 9 a.m.

Cailin O\u2019Connor (@cailinmeister) is a philosopher of science at the University of California-Irvine. We discuss her book The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread co-authored with James Owen Weatherall. \n\n\n\nRelated Links:\n\n\n\n* Do as I Say, Not as I Do, or, Conformity in Scientific Networks\xa0by James Owen Weatherall and Cailin O'Connor* How Science Spreads: Smallpox, Stomach Ulcers, and \u2018The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary\u2019: Episode of The Hidden Brain* Ukraine: The Haze of Propaganda by Tim Snyder, New York Review of Books* Endogenous Epistemic Factionalization: A Network Epistemology Approach by James Owen Weatherall & Cailin O\u2019Connor* The Natural Selection of Conservative Science by Cailin O\u2019Connor * How to Beat Science and Influence People: Policy Makers and Propaganda in Epistemic Networks by James Owen Weatherall, Cailin O\u2019Connor, & Justin P. Bruner\n\n\n\nHere is a transcript of this episode.\n\n\n\nRating the Show\n\n\n\nIf you enjoyed this show, please rate it on iTunes:\n\n\n\n* Go to the show\u2019s iTunes page\xa0and click \u201cView in iTunes\u201d* Click \u201cRatings and Reviews\u201d which is to the right of \u201cDetails\u201d* Next to \u201cClick to Rate\u201d select the stars.\n\n\n\nSee the full list of episodes of Half Hour of Heterodoxy >>