Are you tired of (falling for) false scientific claims?
In the first SciComm Academy lunch talk of 2024, Pedro De Bruyckere breaks down what makes good science, how to identify it, and why we often fall for poorly substantiated or false claims.
Pedro tells us what we can and should do about those misconceptions and myths, but why it can sometimes also be dangerous to debunk them.
00:00 Welcome
00:30 introduction to the SciComm Academy & SciMingo
2:38 Introduction Pedro De Bruyckere
5:43 Why do people believe false scientific claims - examples
10:24 Confirmation bias
13:45 Myth busting in education and Science
21:41 Why misconceptions are hard to battle
24:20 The dangers of eduscience
24:50 Scientists versus guru's
31:17 Scientists are human too
38:47 Evidence-based charry-picking
39:53 Bringing eduscience to the classroom
51:15 What I do
54:00 Q&A
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