WEBVTT - Semester 4 Sneak Peek 👀

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, y'all, it's CT and Zakiyah, And we know, we know,

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<v Speaker 1>we said we weren't coming back until November eleventh, but

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<v Speaker 1>we can't wait that long, so we had to share

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<v Speaker 1>just a little sneak peak with y'all. In our first

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<v Speaker 1>Lab of semester Foor, we're talking to doctor Gail Sinatra

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<v Speaker 1>and doctor Barbara Hoefert about their new book, Science Denial,

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<v Speaker 1>Why Happens and What to Do about It. Their book

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<v Speaker 1>explores what keeps folks from having a broad understanding of science.

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<v Speaker 1>It also offers solutions for those wondering what they can

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<v Speaker 1>do to help curb the spread of misinformation. You can

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<v Speaker 1>hear the whole episode on Thursday, November eleventh, but here's

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<v Speaker 1>a sneak peek. We started by asking doctor Sinatra, what

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<v Speaker 1>is science denial?

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<v Speaker 2>You don't see people who are very doubting and resisting science,

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<v Speaker 2>hesitating to use an iPhone or get on a plane.

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<v Speaker 2>They're not denying physics, they're not denying the technology that

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<v Speaker 2>goes into Wi Fi. So it is this phenomena of

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<v Speaker 2>selective denial, which really is driven by your motivations, your emotions.

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<v Speaker 2>So you're picking and choosing what you like about science

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<v Speaker 2>and what you don't like, and science doesn't.

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<v Speaker 3>Work that way.

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<v Speaker 1>That's such a good point, you know, science does not

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<v Speaker 1>care about your feelings. It's not about our opinions or

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<v Speaker 1>what we want to be true.

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<v Speaker 2>It's about what the evidence suggests is our best understanding

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<v Speaker 2>of the science at the time.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, it's so important to remember that science is backed

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<v Speaker 1>up by research and evidence. For example, with masking and vaccine,

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<v Speaker 1>scientists are doing studies to see how effective those measures

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<v Speaker 1>are and then creating guidelines accordingly. And yes, these guidelines

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<v Speaker 1>can change as the evidence changes, as we learn more.

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<v Speaker 1>But we'll talk a little bit more about that later.

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<v Speaker 1>But I think we should start with the history of

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<v Speaker 1>science denial. Tt let's rewind a little bit. Have we

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<v Speaker 1>seen science denial before in different forms? And how did

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<v Speaker 1>we get here?

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<v Speaker 2>The history of science probably starts with science denial, doubt

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<v Speaker 2>and resistance.

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<v Speaker 3>We try to trace it back to Galli Lao and

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<v Speaker 3>you think about how he was under house arrests for

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<v Speaker 3>the beliefs that he had, how long it took for

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<v Speaker 3>people to accept his theories. Think about Darwin. It took

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<v Speaker 3>more than one hundred years for scientists to accept fully

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<v Speaker 3>what he was proposing in the way of evolution.

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<v Speaker 1>So, for real, it feels like science denial has been

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<v Speaker 1>going on since the beginning of science itself, and in

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<v Speaker 1>the last fifty years it's become more pervasive as there's

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<v Speaker 1>been some outside meddling, so corporations realizing that fostering some

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<v Speaker 1>science denial could help their bottom line. It all goes

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<v Speaker 1>back to the money.

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<v Speaker 3>Beginning with the tobacco industry, for example, were interested in

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<v Speaker 3>trying to deflect the idea that somehow it was cancer causing,

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<v Speaker 3>and they hired pr firms to so doubt. And the

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<v Speaker 3>same companies are being used by Exxon and other corporations

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<v Speaker 3>to make it look as though climate change isn't a

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<v Speaker 3>certain fact.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, even as recently as twenty ten, Philip Morris

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<v Speaker 1>has routinely argued that Marlboro gold cigarettes actually decrease the

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<v Speaker 1>risk of cancer. That's wild, but that brings us to today.

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<v Speaker 1>With a global pandemic in a steadily warming planet, it

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<v Speaker 1>feels like people are holding their noses up as scientific

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<v Speaker 1>evidence left and right. So this has made me ask

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<v Speaker 1>is there an increase in size and denial.

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<v Speaker 2>I think the difference that we see is the amplification

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<v Speaker 2>of misinformation through social media, and that's coupled with us

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<v Speaker 2>living in our information bubbles where we get the same

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<v Speaker 2>information and if it's misinformation, that's same misinformation reinforced over

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<v Speaker 2>and over again and it becomes more credible. There's the

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<v Speaker 2>joke that misinformation travels around the world before the truth

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<v Speaker 2>gets up and puts its pants on. Misinformation is really compelling.

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<v Speaker 2>It's sometimes interesting or intriguing or even funny to some people,

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<v Speaker 2>and that gets the clicks. And as we know the

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<v Speaker 2>way the algorithms are shaped, that more clicks gets more attention.

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<v Speaker 1>We've talked about algorithms on social media before. What goes

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<v Speaker 1>viral isn't always true. It really helps us understand why

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<v Speaker 1>it's so important to talk about science denial right now.

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<v Speaker 1>So when you think about that amplification and what we

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<v Speaker 1>know about the brain, and the more you see something,

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<v Speaker 1>the more is reinforced and you begin to believe it.

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<v Speaker 1>I think all that makes sense in the current context.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes people who are science deniers go overboard and say

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just waiting for the science. Well, part of the

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<v Speaker 1>science is assessing risk. Early on and even later in

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<v Speaker 1>the pandemic, was people outright saying no to mass like,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not going to keep you one hundred percent safe. Well, ma'am,

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<v Speaker 1>if it's going to keep you ninety percent safe, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna say, that's still useful, right, And I think that's

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<v Speaker 1>the part that we start to see this kind of

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<v Speaker 1>doubling down on. I'm so scientific. I know ninety is

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<v Speaker 1>less than one hundred, but I think you also know

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<v Speaker 1>ninety is higher than zero. You know. It's like if

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<v Speaker 1>you look at the forecast and it says there's a

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<v Speaker 1>seventy percent chance of rain. You see that and then

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<v Speaker 1>you're like, Okay, let me take my umbrella just in case. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>this is the same thing. You don't say, I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>gonna take my umbrella because it's not one hundred percent

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<v Speaker 1>chance of rain exactly. So why don't you apply that

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<v Speaker 1>same logic to masks. Okay, that's it for now. We

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