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Lee McIntyre is a Research Fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University. He is the author of Dark Ages: The Case for a Science of Human Behavior, Post-Truth, and The Scientific Attitude: Defending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience, all published by the vis mere MIT Press. vis mindre

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I have been interested in the topic of disinformation ever since 1972, when I was a freshman in college and took a journalism course. I learned about fact vs opinion, yellow journalism, how to examine an article’s source for validity, etc. This background has been incredibly helpful in subsequent decades, guiding me through my reading. In the last few decades, for a variety of reasons, we have slid back into an opinion-as-fact perspective, even to the point where true, proven facts are questioned. In this election year, a book like this helps to understand the milieu we find ourselves in and gives practical suggestions for how we can deal with it. The book is divided into 4 sections: The Creators, The Amplifiers, The Believers, and How To Win The War On Truth. It’s a nice accompaniment to ‘On Tyranny,’ by Timothy Snyder. I’m glad I found it.… (mere)
 
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peggybr | Feb 20, 2024 |
"Las vacunas son malas para la salud". "El cambio climático es mentira, y el coronavirus también". En los días que corren, numerosos ciudadanos rechazan con afirmaciones como estas las posturas de científicos y especialistas, decantándose por una determinada ideología antes que por la verdad. Y no es que estén, sencillamente, poco informados, sino "desinformados", pues citan pruebas espurias o seleccionadas de forma capciosa, atienden a falsos expertos y defienden teorías de la conspiración. ¿Cómo podemos convencerlos de que están equivocados? ¿Cómo lograr que cambien de opinión y atiendan a los hechos, si no creen en ellos? En este libro, Lee McIntyre defiende, por un lado, que cualquiera puede plantar cara a los negacionistas de la ciencia, y, por otro, la gran importancia de hacerlo, pues el negacionismo mata en muchas ocasiones. Siguiendo estas ideas, a lo largo de sus páginas se bosquejan las principales claves discursivas del negacionismo y se ofrecen herramientas y técnicas para transmitir los hechos y valores de la ciencia, siempre haciendo hincapié en que la mejor manera de discutir con un negacionista es confrontándolo con calma, cara a cara y educadamente.… (mere)
 
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bcacultart | Jan 23, 2024 |
I did not read this book to enjoy it. I read this book to find out the truth in an age where the truth seems to be the first victim of media and political conflicts. And believe me when I say that McIntyre does not disappoint. His prose is simplistic, avoids jargon and he substantiates his arguments with substantial evidence. I propose-nay command-that each and every individual who believes themselves to be intelligent read this book and then re-read it to learn how the truth is the truth no more today but a commercialized reflection of what atrophied leaders want us to believe rather than what we must believe.… (mere)
 
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Amarj33t_5ingh | 3 andre anmeldelser | Jul 8, 2022 |
Fascinating history of how intentional manipulation of cognitive biases, science denialism, and postmodernity have combined to bring us the era of "Pizzagate," "stolen elections," and "replacement theory."
 
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