Science! You'll never believe what happened next
Three Brothers
153 Ponsonby Rd, Ponsonby, Auckland 1011, New Zealand
Auckland
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Are our rivers swimmable or are they swimming in E Coli? Did global warming stop in 1998 or was it just resting? Will a cup of coffee a day ward off liver cancer only to leave you with bladder cancer? These days, anyone can find a “scientist” to back up their opinions and bad science seems to be alive and well.
In this talk, Professor Shaun Hendy discusses why science sometimes seems to contradict itself, why fake science seems to thrive on social media, and what we can do about it in a post-truth world.