“Science Literacy” is my personal YouTube video series, dedicated to improving public science literacy. Throughout the various subseries, I explain aspects of the scientific process. See below for videos on topics such as scientific consensus, science denialism, conspiracy thinking, and how to evaluate evidence.
1.0 What is science literacy? Why is it important?
2.1 What is scientific consensus and how does it form?
2.2 How does scientific consensus change over time?
2.3 Can scientific consensus corrupted?
3.1 What causes people to deny science?
3.2 How can we recognize science denialism?
4.1 A look at the psychological factors that motivate belief in conspiracy theories.
4.2 A look at two conspiracies that happened, in contrast to many conspiracy theories that are unsubstantiated.
5.1 How can we evaluate scientific evidence? What makes some evidence more reliable than other evidence?
5.2 Some basic but indispensable statistical principles that everyone should know to make rational decisions.
5.3 A look at some problems that plague the current practice of science.
5.4 Strategies for honest, effective communication.
5.5 What separates science from pseudoscience?
6.1 What is alternative medicine? Does it work?
6.2 How the placebo effect deludes us.
6.3 Does homeopathy work?
6.4 Does acupuncture work?
6.5 Does chiropractic work?