Flashcards! Science Needs Fiction

Flashcards! Science Needs Fiction

Sci­ence fic­tion is not valu­able because it pre­dicts the future. It is valu­able because it trains the mind. It gives us a way to prac­tice think­ing about sys­tems before we build them, and to prac­tice car­ing about con­se­quences before con­se­quences have real names.

Flashcards Friday! How to Talk to Someone Who Doesn’t Trust Science

Flashcards Friday! How to Talk to Someone Who Doesn’t Trust Science

It’s Flash­cards Fri­day, and today I want to talk about some­thing that mat­ters as much as any exper­i­ment: how we talk to peo­ple who do not trust sci­ence. Not how to win an argu­ment. Not how to humil­i­ate some­one with a fact. How to build a bridge. Because sci­ence does not spread by vol­ume. It spreads when peo­ple feel safe

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