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[Jon Dreyer]

I think I can compete with Frank in terms of lack of expertise on 
climate, but coincidentally I just read the article /The Weaponization 
Of Doubt/ 
<https://www.deseret.com/2022/7/27/23170209/the-weaponization-of-doubt-misinformation-disinformation-democracy-information-doubt> 
by my friend, author and philosopher of science Lee McIntyre 
<https://leemcintyrebooks.com>, about the growing spread of 
/dis/information (as distinguished from mere unintentional 
/mi/sinformation). It's worth a read, but a big idea is that doubt is 
increasingly being used as a weapon to discredit "inconvenient 
truths".//The article references Oreskes and Conway's book /Merchants of 
Doubt,/ <https://www.merchantsofdoubt.org> which details the 
weaponization of doubt with respect to tobacco, acid rain, the ozone 
hole, global warming, and DDT. One tool we can use to evaluate 
information is the same one that's been used since antiquity to help 
solve crimes: /Cui bono//?/

On 7/28/22 5:51 PM, Frank Gens wrote:
> I’m probably the least expert on this email chain, but since I’ve 
> invested time in reading it, I’d like to share my gut reaction to 
> reading the arguments against the growing reality of climate change…
>
> It reminds me of this similar-toned 1950 ad campaign from Reynolds 
> Tobacco…
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Jon Dreyer
Math Tutor/Compuer Science Tutor <http://www.passionatelycurious.com>
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