Calling Bullshit 10.3: Debunking Myths

Jevin introduces Cook and Lewandowsky’s Debunking Handbook (https://www.skepticalscience.com/docs..., and suggests a number of rules for how to successfully change opinions rather than reinforcing erroneous beliefs. May 31, 2017 Course: INFO 198 / BIOL 106B. University of Washington Instructors: Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin West Synopsis: Our world is saturated with bullshit. Learn to detect and defuse it. The course will be offered as a 1-credit seminar this spring through the Information School at the University of Washington. We aim to expand it to a 3 or 4 credit course for 2017-2018. For those who cannot attend in person, we aim to videotape the lectures this spring and make video clips freely available on the web. http://callingbullshit.org   / callin_bull   https://fb.com/callinBS bullsht.course@gmail.com Information School https://ischool.uw.edu/ Department of Biology https://www.biology.washington.edu/ Video edited by Bum Mook Oh Music by Chris Zabriskie: Prelude No.7