Skeptical Inquirer Presents: "Bad Science in the 21st Century"

What is "Skeptical Inquirer Presents"?
Skeptical Inquirer is a bimonthly American magazine published by the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry dedicated to promoting science and reason. They've recently introduced "Skeptical Inquirer Presents" - live online presentations from leading experts in science, skepticism, medicine, media, activism, and advocacy, all devoted to the cause of advancing science over pseudoscience, media literacy over conspiracy theories, and critical thinking over magical thinking.

Every two weeks, Skeptical Inquirer Presents will bring you a new live event, emceed by the brilliant and hilarious comedian Leighann Lord, co-host of the Point of Inquiry podcast. And it’s all happening from the comfort of your laptop (or any other screen), wherever you are in the world, because big ideas can’t be contained in conference halls.

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Event Title: "The Rise of Bad Science in the Twenty-First Century" with David Robert Grimes

Details for this event:
Science has been integral to human prosperity, and medical science in particular has been transformative to our well-being. But there are worrying signs that a confluence of factors could undermine that progress: in biomedicine, 87% of research is considered waste, either too poorly described or too poorly conducted to be useful (and potentially misleading enough to cause harm). We’ve seen an alarming rise in the number of fabricated papers in the aftermath of COVID-19, causing chaos everywhere from Alzheimer’s research to cancer treatment. And a new administration, openly hostile toward science, has medicine held hostage.

Join us on Thursday, March 19, at 7:00 p.m. ET for a Skeptical Inquirer Presents livestream with David Robert Grimes. The ascendant “Make America Healthy Again” movement has elevated pseudoscience, conspiracy theory, and fringe beliefs into actual policy and boosted dubious science to promote an ideological project. But how did we get here, and what can we do about it? In this talk, David Robert Grimes, an expert in the public understanding of medical science, will join us to illuminate the problem—and tell us how we can solve it.

NOTE: This live Zoom event is free, but advance registration is required, so sign up right now.

About the Speaker:
* David Robert Grimes is a scientist, broadcaster, and author of Good Thinking: How Flawed Logic Puts Us All At Risk and How Critical Thinking Can Save the World. Grimes has contributed to many outlets, including The Guardian, Scientific American, The New York Times, the BBC, and more. His research focuses on public understanding of science, medical disinformation, research integrity, and mathematical modeling. Grimes was a joint recipient of the 2014 Nature/Sense about Science John Maddox Prize for standing up for science and is a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.
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