How to Fight for Truth and Protect Democracy
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Lee McIntyre is Research Fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University. Formerly Executive Director of the Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University, he has taught philosophy at Colgate University, Boston University, Simmons University, Tufts Experimental College, and Harvard Extension School. He is the author of Dark Ages, Post-Truth, The Scientific Attitude, and How to Talk to a Science Denier. His new book is On Disinformation: How to Fight for Truth and Protect Democracy.
Shermer and McIntyre discuss: default to truth theory \\u2022 RFK Jr. \\u2022 whether reason evolved for veridical perception or group identity? \\u2022 How do we know what is true and what to believe? \\u2022 What is disinformation? \\u2022 worst case scenarios if Donald Trump wins in 2024 \\u2022 trans issues, race issues, GMOs, nuclear power, climate doomsdayism \\u2022 facts and values \\u2022 science and morality \\u2022 What went wrong during the COVID-19 pandemic? \\u2022 lies and disinformation about masks and vaccines \\u2022 social media companies responsibility for disinformation \\u2022 what we should do personally and politically about disinformation.
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