Here’s one of the best hours I’ve spent in a long time. I should probably stop randomly searching around for something to fill the time, but it’s awesome when I stumble on something like this.
I set this to come up at the last question, asking if we can become more rational, as a species and society. All questions are bookmarked in the description. Unfortunately each one is interrupted by a commercial. He points out that education is important, but people tend to hear the material, then pass the test, but don’t necessarily apply it. He doesn’t have an answer for how we break through that problem. I’m not sure anyone does.
If you work backward, he talks about media, so I think he’s touching on the same points you are. Media highlights the outliers, making it appear that a new experiment that questions the old theories carries a lot of weight. That’s a good place to start. Media should be more aware of it’s role in educating the public, how it’s perceived, and include scientific consensus when reporting new science.
It’s not that I don’t think people need information, they do, but even the best, most factual, least biased presentations are contributing to the polarization.