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1. Punched in the aura
   • YouTube video showing the original(?) joke about "Telling an athiest he's going to hell is like threatening to punch him in the aura."
     This may be where it started? Josh Thomas, Australian comedian, on a former Australian comedy satire called Good News Week. This may be an interesting discovery:
2. Did they really just say that?
   • This extra creepy introduction to the podcast brought to you by the Id.
3. The Voice is a show on television.

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4. Stats Flashback: Spurious correlations
   • Just a beautiful thing.

     

5. PowerPoint Karaoke
   • Good luck finding something online that accurately portrays the amusing discomfort that comes with a good PowerPoint karaoke. If you find a good video, let us know. Preferably not in German.

 

Interview with Jen Briselli

You can review the last episode by reading the show notes, or if you’re ready for something a little more academic, try this video. It’s an engaging talk by one of the authors of The Debunking Handbook, Stephan Lewandowsky: Stephan Lewandowsky talks about conservatism seepage.

And once again, so you don’t have to go look it up: The Debunking Handbook

We are starting a three-part interview series with Jen Briselli. Why three parts? Two reasons. One is that she is brilliant. Remember that last week we took a first step toward deeply considering how to communicate science, particularly when trying to overcome scientific misconceptions. Jen has actually studied this topic in great depth, and she has proposed a tangible method for going for it.

Evidence:
Jen's Master’s Thesis Project
A Design Strategy for Science Communication

The second reason is that David talks too much and doesn't let Jen just get it out. So this first episode is all about framing why science communication is important. Spoiler alert: it's not really as simple as you may have assumed. In short, the theme for this conversation is that science denialism does not exist.

Now here are some useful links from the conversation:
Cultural Cognition
Dan Kahan blog.

And we will continue to update these links as the conversation unfolds in the next two episodes.

 

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(Cover image credit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth#Modern_Flat-Earthers )

 

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