While modern medical science has enabled us to live longer healthier lives, the incredible gains in life expectancy and quality seen around the world over the last century are not just plateauing, but threatening to actively reverse. Social media is dominated by medical misinformation on everything from sunscreen to vaccines to cancer, with a cost measurable in human lives. And America, once a leader in healthcare research, has the dark ascendancy of the MAHA movement and their quest to undo decades of public health. How did we get here, and where are we going? Join Prof David Robert Grimes as we explore why we fall for medical fictions, and how we arrived at this strange point in history
About the Speaker:
David Robert Grimes is a scientist, broadcaster, and author. He is an expert in the public understanding of medical science and has contributed to outlets including the Guardian, Scientific American, The New York Times, BBC, Financial Times, Sunday Business Post, Irish Times, and more. He appears frequently in the news media on topics and his research focuses on public understanding of science, medical disinformation, research integrity, and mathematical modelling. He is a recipient of the Nature/Sense about Science John Maddox Prize for standing up for science and is a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. He is the author of “Good Thinking – How flawed logic puts us all at risk and how critical thinking can save the world” (The Experiment NY, 2021)
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📅 Date: Wednesday, September 23
🕒 Time: 7 pm MDT
📍 Location: https://www.meetup.com/rockymountainatheists/events/
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