Comments on: The Situation of Scientific Consensus http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/the-situation-of-scientific-consensus/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:36:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Your brain is a liar: It will find what it wants before it even starts looking « The Jury Room http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/the-situation-of-scientific-consensus/#comment-16509 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:28:43 +0000 http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/?p=9976#comment-16509 [...] scientific experts on complex issues from climate change to disposing of nuclear waste. We think we know better.  And who can we trust more than our own [...]

]]> By: Simoleon Sense » Blog Archive » The Situation of Scientific Consensus http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/the-situation-of-scientific-consensus/#comment-16405 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:47:53 +0000 http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/?p=9976#comment-16405 [...] The Situationist : Dan Kahan, Hank Jenkins-Smith, and Donald [...]

]]> By: Rita Handrich http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/the-situation-of-scientific-consensus/#comment-16391 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:29:20 +0000 http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/?p=9976#comment-16391 Thanks for this post. We write about this issue a lot at our blog (The Jury Room).

It isn’t just scientific findings but stories, themes, even television news that conflicts with our values. We don’t want to hear it so we don’t tune in OR we actively work to defend against the validity of the information.

In litigation, we work to identify the values a story evokes and then make decisions about what sorts of jurors will be able to hear us best and how we can present the truth in ways that don’t set off automatic (hard-wired) biases. We are sometimes more successful than other times but we keep trying. :)

Today’s post reflects this theme: http://keenetrial.com/blog/2010/02/15/propaganda-dogmatism-bias-who-are-your-jurors/

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