Psychology of science denial
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This is a conversation with Gale Sinatra, Professor of Psychology and the Stephen H. Crocker Professor of Education at Rossier. Her areas of expertise include climate science education, evolution education, learning theory, knowledge construction, conceptual change learning, literacy acquisition, assessment, and the public understanding of science. She and Barbara Hofer have written a book "Psychology of science denial". In this conversation we talk about role of algorithms in knowledge transfer, role of culture and religion in science denial, why it is important to be skeptic and action plan to rectify science denial.
About the guest
00:00 Introduction
01:03 What is science and why is it true?
02:54 Difference between a skeptic and a science denier
06:10 Role of algorithms in science denial
08:14 Confirmation bias in accessing information
09:35 Content awareness or policy making
13:33 How students perceive evidence
16:34 Understanding data
19:00 Who is an expert?
22:24 Role of simplification of science
25:04 Evidence for visualization for science communication
26:40 Learning from scratch or with preconceive notions
29:08 Are humans rational?
30:55 What are system1 and system2?
32:12 Cultural implication on science
36:05 Role of religion in science denial
38:20 Science or religion?
42:13 Faith and science
43:20 Emotional biases and science
45:15 Role of politics in science denial
46:45 Movable middle for science
49:13 Personal opinions and science
52:15 Educating children or completing knowledge deficit
54:14 How to keep up with the progress of science in the education system?
56:21 No central institution for science
58:09 Action plan to deal with science denial
1:02:45 Scientists as politicians
1:04:47 Future work
1:05:30 Workshops on science denial
1:06:21 Further reading
1:06:54 Thank you!