Creating Public Doubt about Scientific Facts
November 18, 2014 Naomi Oreskes, Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University and co-author (w. Erik M. Conway) of “Merchants of Doubt.” Dr. Oreskes discusses the disinformation campaigns about tobacco and cancer, CFCs and the ozone hole, coal and acid rain, and now climate change. She describes the structure of those disinformation efforts, the ideology that shaped disinformation, and role of conservative think tanks. She discusses how the public can combat the “manufacture of doubt,” which is the subject of her best-selling book (with Erik Conway). The documentary of “Merchants of Doubt” will be released March 06, 2015.
Science for the Public www.scienceforthepublic.org.