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MasterClass Presents Neil deGrasse Tyson Teaches Scientific Thinking and Communication

Series: Neil deGrasse Tyson Teaches Scientific Thinking and Communication
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Episodes
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Rating
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Year
2019
Language
English
Publisher
MasterClass

About

Renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson teaches you how to find objective truths and shares his tools for communicating what you discover.

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Episodes

1. What You Know Is Not as Important as How You Think

5m

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Meet your new instructor: world-renowned astrophysicist, Emmy-nominated host, author, and science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson. Neil welcomes you and discusses the importance of scientific thinking and communication.

2. The Frontier of Science

7m

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The frontier of science is a messy place. Neil takes you through the process of understanding the frontier's landscape and explains the roles of hypothesis and theory in determining objective truths.

3. The Scientific Method

14m

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When we use the scientific method in the quest for objective truths, nature is the judge and jury. Neil shares some remarkable astrophysical examples of how this method plays out in real life and in our vast universe.

4. Be a Skeptic: Ask Questions

12m

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Asking questions is a tried-and-true component of scientific thinking. Neil talks about the processes behind informed skepticism as well as how to evaluate incoming scientific data.

5. Cognitive Bias

17m

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If you are human, then you are susceptible to cognitive bias. Neil defines some of the most common cognitive biases and reveals how our need to feel special may be getting in the way of our search for objective truths.

6. Beware of Cultural Bias

5m

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Cultural biases and assumptions affect how we treat one another, but they may be harder to spot than we think. Neil provides examples of conscious and unconscious cultural biases and explains how to avoid them.

7. Our Systems of Belief

13m

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Every personal system of belief contains identifiable biases that impact the ability to think scientifically. Neil talks about two of these biases and how inner beliefs can have a significant societal and scientific impact.

8. Scientific Measurement: Calculating the Incalculable

8m

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Neil explores one of his favorite subjects: scientific measurement. He distinguishes precision from accuracy and offers examples to illuminate the approximations that are inherent in any measurement.

9. Communication: It's Not Enough to Be Right

5m

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Communicating objective truths convincingly is just as important as using methods of scientific thinking to find them. Neil shares his personal reason for this belief and some of his favorite tools of communication.

10. Preparing for Your Audience

12m

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To properly prepare for an audience, you need to get detailed information about whom you're speaking to. Neil discusses how to consider demographics and how that influences his message.

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