Earlier this week, Naomi Oreskes shed light onto the dynamics of disbelief. The science historian from Harvard University spoke to a sold out crowd at UW’s Kane Hall on March 1, where she examined why the public doesn’t always accept what science says is correct, the original “merchants of doubt” in the climate change conversation, and the link between capitalism, freedom, and global warming.
Oreskes was a Jessie and John Danz Lecturer and her event at the University of Washington was powered in partnership by the College of the Environment, UW Graduate School, UW Alumni Association, and others departments and units across campus.
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Environmental Studies’ Kayla Carrington put together a Storify recap of the event. Check it out Twitter conversations, questions, and insight from Oreskes’ Dynamics of Disbelief lecture at the UW!
Related reading
- Dynamics of Disbelief: Q&A with Harvard University science historian Naomi Oreskes (UW Environment)
- Naomi Oreskes, a Lightening Rod in a Changing Climate (The New York Times)
- A Chronicler of Warnings Denied (The New York Times)
- Exxon’s Climate Concealment (The New York Times, Opinion)
- Why we should trust scientists (TED)
