In the second episode of our new podcast, "Critical Thinking Revealed," Dr. Linda Elder interviews scientist and author Dr. David Robert Grimes. This continues episode 1's theme of the human impact on earth's climate and how this can be mitigated. Through the discussion, Dr. Elder explicates the critical thinking moves in Dr. Grimes' work and reasoning.
David Robert Grimes is a scientist and author with a keen interest in the public understanding of science.
He is author of the book "The Irrational Ape - Why We Fall for Disinformation, Conspiracy Theories and Propaganda" (with the North American title "Good Thinking - Why Flawed Logic Puts Us All at Risk and How Critical Thinking Can Save the World").
Dr. Grimes writes on science and society for outlets including the Guardian, the Irish Times, Scientific American, The Atlantic, the BBC, the Financial Times, and the New York Times. He appears frequently on news media across the world to discuss topics as diverse as viral health disinformation to cancer science, and he gives talks across the world on the importance of evidence in society.
Dr. Grimes was a 2014 winner of the John Maddox Prize, jointly awarded by the charity Sense about Science and the scientific journal Nature. He is an elected Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CFI).
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