Excellent essay but I worry @ashishkjha, like most doctors, is missing the point. It wasn’t partisanship he encountered but denialism. The problem isn’t solved by promoting science but deprogramming disinfo that exploits motivated reasoning.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/opinion/hydroxychloroquine-covid.html?smid=tw-share …
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It is very jarring for doctors to encounter this behavior, and certainly astounding to encounter it before a congressional panel from supposed experts. But we’ve seen it before - when Pat Michaels misrepresented climate models becore congress or when John Lott testifies re guns.
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But this is the nature and practice of denialism to elevate fake experts alongside real ones. This is one of their most famous gimmicks. And the “rise above” strategy, as we’ve seem, does not work. We have to attack. Expose the tactics, shame the players.
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We like to think we live ina world where in the halls of power scientific discourse is free of motivated reasoning and denialism, but we are not and have never been. If anything it’s gotten worse since Gingrich cancelled the OTA. But this is our reality. We have to ve prepared.
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Our prep can no longer be just a presentation of our expertise, we have to see who else is being elevated alongside us and be ready to explain why their expertise is baloney. Fake experts are extremely sensitive to challenge and easy to undermine (be ready for hissy fits).
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But this is the game we’re in. Denying this sad fact won’t help us. We gotta be savvy. You gotta know the 5 tactics of denialism. You gotta read the debunking handbook. You gotta be ready for a Gish gallop. These aren’t debates, they’re rhetorical knife fights. Be prepared.
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So if anyone our there is getting called to testify before a govt body (as I have, and boy was Inready for a fight) I’m happy to offer services in this regard. DM me. Let’s talk tactics.
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Replying to @MarkHoofnagle
To remind everyone: https://scienceblogs.com/denialism/2007/04/30/hello-to-scienceblogs …
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I like rational wiki’s page these days now that ACSH bought up our old real estate. https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Denialism
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Yeah. The old ScienceBlogs site is OK as an archive, but I’ve noticed that some of my posts appear to be missing now.
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