The Misinformation Age – Book Review & Summary, Introduction and Chapter 1
Channel: Artem Alexandra
Date: 12/10/2020

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The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread
By Cailin O'Connor and James Owen Weatherall (2019)

INTRODUCTION: The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary
CHAPTER ONE: What Is Truth?

A review and summary of The Misinformation Age (the introduction and chapter one). Comment if you want you the rest of the book done! 

The book The Misinformation Age, by authors O’Connor and Weatherall, goes over “how false beliefs [are] spread” just as the title implies. The authors use a great deal of examples, drawing parallels between ancient fables (the Vegetable Lamb of Tartary) to modern-day political issues (the Pope endorsing Trump). The objective of the book is to show the reader that due to a number of variables, it can be difficult to trust information as it is given to us (through things like propaganda, or ad/pr). Many of the examples used in the book highlight how information can go through a series of challenges, and if one wants to sway the information in any way then this would involve creating uncertainty. Throughout the book, and brought up in the introduction, is “Bayes’ Rule” – when developing information, we (scientists) go through a succession of beliefs and evidence – with new evidence, we update our beliefs, and this is called credence. Moving to a large scale, scientists generate theories with their credences on information and then the government acts upon what the scientists say. When there are wrenches thrown into this mix, such as biased scientists, misinterpreted research, the wrong scientific methods, or even Big Business, then “false beliefs [are] spread” and the government is acting upon the wrong information. 

Source videos:
Vegetable Lamb of Tartary Also Known As The Jeduah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmxsYtIAqgQ 
Did the Pope endorse Clinton or Trump? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pzfwKVXtpM 
A Story of Ozone-NASA TED Talk with Dr. Paul Newman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeVxBM8Avo4&t=187s 
Kuhn's Paradigm 4 mins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tasVTgZc9Gw What is Acid Rain? | National Geographic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PDjVDIrFec 


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