UQx DENIAL101x 6.3.3.1 Flu Shots
Channel: UQx Denial101x Making Sense of Climate Science Denial
Date: 02/06/2015

John Cook explains the most effective way to debunk misinformation: fight sticky myths with even stickier facts and structure your debunking argument in three parts: fact, then myth, then fallacy. Subtitles available: ENGLISH, SLOVENŠČINA (Slovenian) 

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