Cranky Uncle vs. Climate Change Dr. John Cook
Channel: Inside Ideas
Date: 2020-07-21

Dr. John Cook is my guest on Episode 08 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley.

Cranky Uncle vs. Climate Change: How to Understand and Respond to Climate Science Deniers.
When it comes to climate change, this truly is a golden age--of fake news, post-truths, pluralistic ignorance, conspiracy theories, a willfully ignorant administration, and the Cranky Uncle. You know him. We all have one. John authored this book that combines climate science, critical thinking, and cartoons to explain and counter climate misinformation.

John is a research assistant professor at the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University. He obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Western Australia, studying the cognitive psychology of climate science denial. His research focus is on understanding and countering misinformation about climate change. In 2007, he founded Skeptical Science, a website that won the 2011 Australian Museum Eureka Prize for the Advancement of Climate Change Knowledge and 2016 Friend of the Planet Award from the National Center for Science Education. He also co-authored the college textbooks Climate Change: Examining the Facts and Climate Change Science: A Modern Synthesis and the book Climate Change Denial: Heads in the Sand. In 2013, he published a paper finding 97% scientific consensus on human-caused global warming, a finding that has been highlighted by President Obama and UK Prime Minister David Cameron.

https://crankyuncle.com/
https://www.skepticalscience.com/
https://www.instagram.com/johnfocook/
https://www.climatechangecommunication.org/
https://www.edx.org/course/making-sense-of-climate-science-denial
https://www.youtube.com/user/SkepticalScience/videos
 
#skepticalscience #critical thinking #climatedenial #crankyuncle #climatescience  #globalgoals 

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00:00 - Scientists need to work with creatives to improve communication 
01:00 - Introduction of guest John Cook on Inside Ideas
02:54 - Cranky Uncle vs. Climate Change Book great resource
05:30 - As a Physical Scientist created website Skeptical Science
08:27 - Cranky Uncle in your life? Father-in-Law
10:34 - Climate denial is the psychological Perfect Storm!
12:28 - Course with EdX and UN SDSN University of Queensland
15:40 - How have you weathered this pandemic? Just as Cranky Uncle was launching
20:22 - Misinformation around COVID-19 and other things during Pandemic
22:40 - App, e-book, modern ways of communication of your work
27:16 - Do you feel like a Global Citizen and how would you feel about it
30:12 - You are not from the USA but are living and working there?
32:10 - How do you feel about The WEF's - Great Reset 
35:17 - Have you been involved with the UN in any way? Yes, COP21 and IPCC
42:00 - Do you believe that the SDGs are a roadmap for the future?
43:00 - Biggest Exponential Roadmap for the World.
47:00 - The Burning Question - WTF? What is the Future?
49:00 - Eradicationg Science Denial
49:30 - Star Wars The Dark Side
50:50 - Do you feel humanity is close to Collapse?
54:40 - Specialization makes it hard to answer some of your questions
57:40 - Quantum State Emerging Technologies
1:00:40 - Do not just communicate Doom and Gloom
1:03:30 - Tell better stories really dispel and debunk misinformation
1:05:20 - ESG Organizations 
1:09:00 - The Climate Story needs to be positive
1:10:50 - What can we look forward to? Climate Critical Thinking Game 
1:14:00 - World That Works for Everyone Look Like for You?
1:24:00 - Climate Crisis is a Justice Issue
1:26:25 - Remove Inequalities
1:29:10 - Through Story Telling 
1:33:40 - Critical Thinking to innoculate against misinformation