Episode 43: Agnotology--the Study of Ignorance and Manufactured Doubt

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, April explains that ignorance and stupidity are not the same thing. But when doubt is deliberately created as a strategic ploy by powerful entities, the ignorance that results can be not only stupid, but dangerous.Episode 43 Show NotesDefinition of "epistomology:" https://www.britannica.com/topic/epistemologyGood explanation of agnotology by Dr Mark Crislip: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/agnotology-the-study-of-ignorance/Dr Robert Proctor on Alie Ward: https://www.alieward.com/ologies/agnotologyThe post-truth world: https://theconversation.com/scientists-have-a-word-for-studying-the-post-truth-world-agnotology-71542Medium article https://medium.com/@porlando_84392/agnotology-the-study-of-ignorance-351ba8ae432dFind out about, and buy, Merchants of Doubt here: https://www.merchantsofdoubt.org/Great article on "the science of spin:  https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7996119/ Michael Facciani's website: https://www.matthewfacciani.com/Agnotology explains why social media platforms don’t investigate the negative impacts of their messaging: https://www.cigionline.org/articles/social-media-platforms-and-upside-ignorance/Changes to social media sites involving previously banned content: https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/everything-to-know-about-meta-political-content-update/737123/Yes, scientists do agree on climate change: https://science.nasa.gov/climate-change/faq/do-scientists-agree-on-climate-change/Jake Scott's Senate testimony: https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/Scott-Testimony.pdfHere are a few good sources I didn't have time to discuss:How scientists deal with what they don’t know https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/evan.21303?msockid=1e22d990d6c764bc2523cc64d77d65dbHow agnotology might work to fight disinformation https://www.wired.com/story/agnotology-misinformation-opinion/Agnotology and political rhetoric https://www.aaronhuertas.com/invisible-messaging-the-power-of-agnotology-in-political-rhetoric/