Making Sense of Nonsense: A MOOC About Climate Change Denial

Tue, 05 May 2015 13:40:11 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/04/28/climate_change_an_online_course_to_teach_reality.html>

"A dozen scientists and science communicators think they have an answer:
Inoculate the public. The metaphor is apt: The idea is to take the
misinformation used by deniers and use it to teach the actual science of
climate change, making it work for them … much like the way a
vaccination inoculates against diseases by using a weakened form of the
disease itself."

A free online course.  Kudos to the University of Queensland!

Via Brian Gauspohl and Susan Stone.

Cheers,
        *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net                   Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/             Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/                Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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