TVO - The Agenda: The Anti-Science Left torrent

TVO - The Agenda with Steve Paikin, February 26 2013: The Anti-Science Left

Questioning science isn't just a right-wing game anymore. The Agenda examines why the left are questioning science.

The Anti-Science Left

There has been a long-time anti-science current in right wing ideology, which sees evolutionary theory as a threat to religion and morality and climate change science as a threat to economic prosperity. But flip the coin over and you'll see an equally distressing mistrust of science by the left of anything that is unnatural: in food and food additives, of pharmaceutical drugs or vaccination, and of energy choices from nuclear options to fossil fuels, hydroelectric and wind power. Does your political ideology colour the kinds of science biases and suspicions you may hold? Is the current anti-science streak in our society a symptom of corresponding political extremism? Or are we all just afraid of the future?

Guests:

Michael Shermer - Founder, The Skeptics Society

Chris Mooney - Author, "The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science–and Reality"

Mark Lynas - Author & Environmental Activist

For more information on this episode, including information on the guests and various other resources and links, visit the episode webpage:
http://theagenda.tvo.org/episode/188493/an-unhealthy-skepticism%3F

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Size: 213MB
Runtime: 00:53:30
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 480x270
Audio: AAC 32000Hz stereo 48Kbps

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TVO - The Agenda with Steve Paikin

The Agenda with Steve Paikin is TVO's flagship current affairs program - devoted to exploring the social, political, cultural and economic issues that are changing our world, at home and abroad. The Agenda airs weeknights at 8:00 PM EST on TVO - Canada's largest educational broadcaster.

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