Mastodawn

Jun 19, 2023

Still my favorite segment about why it's a bad idea to participate in bad-faith "debates" about science. They only result in further amplifying disinformation.

"People still think this issue is open to debate, because on TV it is. It's always one person for one person against. When you look at the screen, it's 50/50, which is inherently misleading."
— @iamjohnoliver

Show thread

sabik

@luckytran @iamjohnoliver
Alt text: John Oliver complains that climate is always presented as one person against one person on TV, implying a 50/50 split, when the actual consensus is over 97%. He then brings 96 additional scientists on the climate side and 2 on the denial side, to illustrate the overwhelming scientific consensus. The debate is a bit unwieldy; we shouldn't be having it at all...