Lee McIntyre – Democracy in Danger: Exposing the Threat of Disinformation STM Podcast #178

In Episode 178, we welcome Lee McIntyre to discuss the viral spread of misinformation and the motivations behind it, combating science denial, and Lee's foray into the world of Flat Earths , about how to tell real conspiracies from fake ones, about whether we should debate science deniers. and the RFK Jr scandal, reasons why Leon abandoned the conspiratorial mentality, critiques of cognitive immunology, correlations between cognitive inoculation and psychotherapy, changing the law to account for biased algorithms, remission questioning emotionally-based beliefs, the importance of admitting mistakes to build trust, the elements of totalitarian regimes and authoritarian groups, the achievements and downsides of the Bill Nye-Ken Ham debate, and how denial of science endangers democracies.

Lee McIntyre is a research fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University. Former executive director of the Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences at Harvard University, he has taught philosophy at Colgate University, Boston University, Simmons University, Tufts Experimental College, and Harvard Extension School. His new book, out August 22, is called On Disinformation: How to Fight for Truth and Protect Democracy.

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