{"id":1758,"date":"2013-10-04T13:52:41","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T01:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/?p=1758"},"modified":"2014-05-06T11:29:11","modified_gmt":"2014-05-05T23:29:11","slug":"science-vs-anti-science-is-it-that-simple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/science-vs-anti-science-is-it-that-simple\/","title":{"rendered":"Science vs Anti-science: Is it that simple?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When discussing\u00a0 science communication the crusade is often seen as scientists or <em>science believers\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>striving to convince\/convert\u00a0 <em>anti-scientists <\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>of\/to the `truth&#8217; of\u00a0 their science.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/files\/2013\/10\/the-end-is-nigh-cartoon-Small2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-1766\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/files\/2013\/10\/the-end-is-nigh-cartoon-Small2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"309\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>An\u00a0all too prevalent approach\u00a0is\u00a0embodied in\u00a0 a maxim along the lines of\u00a0\u00a0<em>if you meet resistance to science, throw facts at those who resist. If that doesn\u2019t work, throw more facts at them, and throw them harder.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From\u00a0a\u00a0 look around the world at current controversial scientific issues it is evident\u00a0that this approach is not working.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In this\u00a0 article\u00a0 <em>To change anti-science activists&#8217; minds, go beyond science<\/em>, Rod Lamberts from Australian Center for Public Awareness of Science at ANU gives four suggestions for\u00a0 scientists to ponder on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theconversation.com\/to-change-anti-science-activists-minds-go-beyond-science-18519\">http:\/\/theconversation.com\/to-change-anti-science-activists-minds-go-beyond-science-18519<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Food for thought ?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When discussing\u00a0 science communication the crusade is often seen as scientists or science believers\u00a0\u00a0striving to convince\/convert\u00a0 anti-scientists \u00a0of\/to the `truth&#8217; of\u00a0 their science.\u00a0 &nbsp; An\u00a0all too prevalent approach\u00a0is\u00a0embodied in\u00a0 a maxim along the lines of\u00a0\u00a0if you meet resistance to science, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/science-vs-anti-science-is-it-that-simple\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5718,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[473,15,436],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-for-teachers","category-general","category-science-communication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5718"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1758\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}