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John Cook

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11 Dec

@crankyuncles

It’s challenging debunking misinformation in polarized issues like climate change or COVID. The @crankyuncles game tackles this problem with a critical thinking approach known as logic-based inoculation. crankyuncle.com/game 1/12

We inoculate people against misinformation by exposing them to a weakened form of misinformation. In other words, warn of the threat of being misled & explain the techniques used to mislead. I researched this approach in sks.to/inoculation 2/12

I found that climate misinformation was most effective on political conservatives (orange line). But inoculating people by explaining the denial technique neutralized the misinformation across the political spectrum (blue line). 3/12

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John Cook

@johnfocook

7 Dec

@crankyuncles

Logic-based inoculation - explaining the rhetorical techniques used to mislead - is like a universal vaccine against misinformation. This is the approach used in the upcoming @crankyuncles game (coming Dec 15) crankyuncle.com/game 1/10

There are two main ways to inoculate people against misinformation: fact-based & logic-based. Fact-based corrections show how a myth is wrong by explaining facts. Logic-based corrections explain the technique or fallacy used by the myth. 2/10

@PhilippMSchmid

When @PhilippMSchmid & @CorneliaBetsch tested both methods (calling them topic & technique rebuttals), they found both were effective edisciplinas.usp.br/pluginfile.php… 3/10

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John Cook

@johnfocook

6 Dec

@crankyuncles

The upcoming Critical Thinking Cafe video about the @crankyuncles game (coming Dec 15) will include an explanation of FLICC: the 5 techniques of science denial (fake experts, logical fallacies, impossible expectations, cherry picking, conspiracy theories) crankyuncle.com/game

@crankyuncles

FLICC is the backbone of the @crankyuncles game - players build up cranky points (on their way to becoming a fully fledged cranky uncle) by learning the techniques that Cranky Uncles use to deny science.

As you get further into the game, you unlock other denial techniques in the FLICC taxonomy. Each time you learn a new denial technique, you unlock more cartoon examples of each fallacy.

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John Cook

@johnfocook

5 Dec

@crankyuncles

We'll launch @crankyuncles game on Dec 15 - will also release a Critical Thinking Cafe video introducing the game. Shortly afterwards, will also release bloopers from the film shoot. Here's a teaser blooper of @Reasondisabled responding to my placeholder Skype sound effect.

@Reasondisabled

IMO, the best moment in this blooper isn't @Reasondisabled laughing in the second take. It's his attempt to not laugh in the first take (look for the tiny suppressed smile).

@crankyuncles

To get notified when the game launches & any other @crankyuncles news, sign up at sks.to/crankynews

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John Cook

@johnfocook

15 Sep

Facebook claims to address their climate misinformation problem by releasing an information center, while doing nothing about climate misinformation being spread on their platform. This is like feeding a person poison while handing them a brochure about fresh vegetables. 1/9

Facebook are trying to greenwash their misinformation problem. Their platform is polluting the information landscape with climate misinformation & at the same time, they’re trying to distract us from their unwillingess to deal with the problem. 2/9

Their information center will likely have negligible impact for several reasons. First, misinformation is more viral than facts. Not being bound by reality, misinformation can be more emotive, shocking, extreme, & hence more likely to be shared. 3/9

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John Cook

@johnfocook

3 Sep

@bud_ward

Wow! The EPA website features a webpage about global warming using a slideshow by climate denier Richard Linzen which is packed with old, well-debunked climate misinformation epa.gov/environmental-… h/t @bud_ward

He commits the false dichotomy fallacy arguing CO2 lagging temp in the past disproves greenhouse warming. This is debunked at sks.to/lag, (Denial101x MOOC) & (Cranky Uncle)

He argues that ocean cycles could be causing observed warming, despite the fact that they only move heat around while the planet is building up heat (at a rate of over 4 atomic bombs per second). skepticalscience.com/global-warming…

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