Blogs about: Backfire Effect
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Anatomy of scientific denialism
By way of Grist, Christie Aschwanden of The Last Word on Nothing discusses science writing in an age of denial. Drawing upon speakers at a recent conference, the journalist offers a number of useful o… more →
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Wading Through All the B.S.
wrote 3 weeks ago: I came across this article on the NPR website talking about how facts are dead. Well, shit… T … more →
Records soon to follow Facts in death?
wrote 3 weeks ago: Blank pages? Rex W. Huppke’s Chicago Tribune obituary for “Facts” on April … more →
Anatomy of scientific denialism
wrote 4 weeks ago: By way of Grist, Christie Aschwanden of The Last Word on Nothing discusses science writing in an age … more →
What does a journalism-education convergence look like?
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wrote 5 months ago: Before the advent of newspaper comment threads I switched from being a journalist to a teacher. In t … more →
Great Olympian info graphic on state budget deserves more prominence
wrote 6 months ago: The Olympian deserves credit for posting a very nicely done info graphic of the state’s budget … more →
Obama says Americans are a 'little bit lazy' so don't vote for him
wrote 6 months ago: President Obama has been taking a beating lately from the right-wing noise machine for allegedly say … more →
Has the American right wing become a revolutionary movement?
wrote 6 months ago: The Washington Monthly’s Steve Benen is one of the better left-of-center bloggers who focuses … more →
How the 'backfire effect' perpetuates ignorance on local policy debates
wrote 7 months ago: Today a number of Olympian commentators argued with great passion and certitude that an update to th … more →
The Intellectual Poverty of Pwnage?
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wrote 9 months ago: Note: This is the fourth installment in the series on debating tactics and pseudoskepticism. For oth … more →
The Backfire Effect & Analysis
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wrote 11 months ago: Intelligence Analysis lends itself to certain pitfalls, or cognitive traps as they’re referred … more →
The Backfire Effect
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wrote 11 months ago: The Misconception: When your beliefs are challenged with facts, you alter your opinions and incorpor … more →
Distinguishing science from pseudoscience
wrote 1 year ago: Here’s another excellent reminder of the importance of responding to others’ different b … more →
When discussing risk backfires
wrote 1 year ago: On “More Talk, Less Agreement: Risk Discussion Can Hurt Consensus-Building on Science/Technolo … more →
Dealing with the "scientific impotence" excuse
wrote 1 year ago: On “Five minutes with the discoverer of the Scientific Impotence Excuse“: When people ar … more →
Difficulties of accommodating discrepant information
wrote 1 year ago: On “The Wrong Stuff – Reasonable Doubt: Innocence Project Co-Founder Peter Neufeld on Be … more →
How facts backfire
wrote 1 year ago: On “How facts backfire“: Researchers discover a surprising threat to democracy: our brai … more →
Media Revolution
wrote 3 years ago: Gillmor Chapters 7-12 The readings for this week touch on a variety of subjects. Topics include disc … more →
Conservatives Are More Likely to Believe Falsehoods If Told They Are False... And Why That Might Be Sensible Of Them
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wrote 3 years ago: It probably shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone versed in psychology, but more and more res … more →
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