Up next for the Half Moon Bay Odd Fellows will be a multimedia evening this Saturday featuring local artist and activist Nancy Margulies. Following an exhibit of her art will
Talks and Presentations
1 April 2021: Skeptical Inquirer - Gaming against Misinformation
John Cook gave a webinar for the Skeptical Inquirer about using gamification and cartoons to overcome some of the psychological hurdles facing scientists and educators as they respond to misinformation. Learn about a number of psychological challenges which hinder the countering of misinformation and science denial and how gamification offers a unique opportunity to convert effortful critical thinking tasks into quicker, easier heuristics. In this presentation, John Cook outlines how he applied psychological and critical thinking research into inoculation and how his Cranky Uncle game can help with the task.