The Usual Suspects
The co-author of this book who is also a science historian.
Who is Naomi Oreskes?
Scientist said smoking caused this, but industries cast doubt for decades.
What is cancer?
“Doubt is our product“ was a slogan from this industry.
What is the tobacco industry?
Selecting only the evidence that supports your side and ignoring the rest.
What is cherry-picking data?
This industry was one of the first to use doubt as a defense against science.
What is the tobacco industry?
This Nobel Prize-winning physicist helped sow doubt about smoking, acid rain, and global warming.
Who is Fred Seitz?
Despite strong evidence, some denied that human-made gases cause this hole in the atmosphere.
What is the ozone hole?
“If you can’t attack the science, attack the…“ (Finish the quote)
”… scientist.”
This tactic involves claiming that “more research is needed” even when scientific consensus exists.
What are delay tactics?
This 1980s environmental issue involved chemicals like CFCs.
What is ozone depletion?
This agency was often targeted by merchants of doubt trying to prevent regulation of pollution and tobacco.
Who is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?
This environmental problem was falsely claimed to be “natural” and not due to industry pollution.
What is acid rain?
This term describes scientists who lend their credentials to promote misinformation.
What is a contrarian scientist?