- WORLD VIEW
Fears of backfire effects are overblown, and advice to listen and interact still stands.
By
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Lee McIntyre
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Lee McIntyre is a research fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University, Massachusetts, and author of the forthcoming book How to Talk to a Science Denier: Conversations With Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason (MIT Press, 2021).
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I was at the March for Science in Boston, Massachusetts, on 22 April 2017, as were many scientists. About 70,000 of us descended on the Boston Common, a famous park in the city. We were there to stand up for facts and truth.
Nature 596, 165 (2021)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02152-y
Competing Interests
The author declares no competing interests.
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