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RECORDED ON MARCH 6th 2024.
Dr. Paul Thagard is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Cognitive Science Society, and the Association for Psychological Science. The Canada Council awarded him a Molson Prize (2007) and a Killam Prize (2013). He is a philosopher, cognitive scientist, and author of many interdisciplinary books, the latest one being Falsehoods Fly: Why Misinformation Spreads and How to Stop It.
In this episode, we focus on Falsehoods Fly. We start by distinguishing information from misinformation, and we discuss why we should worry about misinformation. We talk about the AIMS Theory of Information and Misinformation. We discuss cognitive errors and motivated cognition. We talk about the reliability of news sources, and go through several examples of misinformation, namely medical misinformation and the COVID-19 pandemic; scientific misinformation and climate change; conspiracy theories; political misinformation, and misinformation about inequality; and misinformation on the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Finally, we discuss how we can prevent misinformation, and how this book connects to Dr. Thagard’s The Cognitive Science of Science.
Time Links:
00:00 Intro
00:28 Information and misinformation
05:02 Why should we worry about misinformation?
09:33 The AIMS Theory of Information and Misinformation
24:34 Cognitive errors, and motivated cognition
29:13 The reliability of news sources
34:47 Medical misinformation and the COVID-19 pandemic
43:00 Scientific misinformation and climate change
46:43 Conspiracy theories
51:58 Political misinformation, and misinformation about inequality
56:07 Misinformation on the Russia-Ukraine conflict
59:12 Preventing misinformation
1:06:34 How this book connects to The Cognitive Science of Science
1:07:20 Follow Dr. Thagard’s work!
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Falsehoods Fly: bit.ly/3sIyG0M
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[@Larkinchance]

I believe that misinformation deserves a seat at the table.

[@MidNightRider2001]

This guy is funny--a total quack.

[@pascalbercker7487]

I normally really like your show. But this guy is pretty superficial. This was just mostly high school level.

[@MidNightRider2001]

I agree already. Now, let me watch the video.