5 Dan Kahan and Stephan Lewandowsky - How Do You Make People Give a Damn About Climate Change?

Published: Oct. 18, 2013, 4:07 p.m.

b'As two top researchers studying the science of science communication\\u2014a hot new field that combines psychology with public opinion research\\u2014Dan Kahan and Stephan Lewandowsky agree about most things.There\'s just one problem. The little thing that they disagree on\\u2014whether it actually works to tell people, and especially political conservatives, that there\'s a "scientific consensus" on climate change\\u2014has huge practical significance.In this episode, Kahan and Lewandowsky debate the issue. It also features a discussion of the strange and disturbing disappearance of moose across much of the United States, and of Oprah\'s recent claim that self-described atheist swimmer Diana Nyad isn\'t actually an atheist.Subscribe:itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/inquiring-minds/id711675943feeds.feedburner.com/inquiring-mindsSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds'