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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Have you thought about doing podcasts? Or going on YT debate channels or call in shows like The Line? It seems like many doctors and scientists frown upon it but that's why so much misinformation has spread. The quacks are all over YouTube.
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Even Dr. Z has ruined it for me with his libertarian views and his producer was a total racist.
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I'm happy to do podcasts but too busy to organize one. Seems like one day
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My problem is that, although I’ve appeared as a guest on podcasts, I have zero experience putting together a regular podcast. I don’t have the skillset right now; so the learning curve would be very steep and it would take a lot more time than I currently have to give.
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I also like to say that I have a face for podcasts or radio and a voice for blogging or writing. (Yeah, I don’t like my voice, and listening to a recording of myself makes me cringe every time.)
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Given that, imagine how much I cringe when I watch video of myself giving a talk, even when people tell me it was an excellent talk.
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You just gotta get over it man. We are who we are out this point. Love yourself. The rest of us do.
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