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unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc607. Navigating Gender Equality and Patriarchy in the Modern Workplace feat. Cordelia FineHow can organizations make more equitable changes to their internal norms and structures, to promote fairness over merely seeking profit? What are alternate ways to tackle the difference in agreeableness that underpins many professional gaps between men and women?Cordelia Fine is a professor in the history and philosophy of science department at University of Melbourne, as well as the author of several books, including Patriarchy Inc.: What We Get Wrong About Gender Equality and Why Men Still Win at Work, Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference, and Testosterone Rex: Myths of...
2025-12-1854 min
Talking PolicyA Philosopher's Take on Truth and MisinformationMisinformation is impacting society at all levels, from politics to health. But what makes us believe untrue things? And why is misinformation on the rise today? In this episode of Talking Policy, host Lindsay Shingler is joined by Cailin O'Connor, a Chancellor’s Professor in the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science at UC Irvine, and author of The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread with James Weatherall. Together, they discuss how false beliefs originate, how technology contributes to their spread, and how misinformation can be combated.This episode was recorded on August 27, 2025. The conversation was ed...
2025-09-1637 min
The Builders of the Mystic Circle with Brother Jeremy Castle#33 - Good Faith and Bad Faith: Understanding Arguments in Today’s WorldIn this episode of the Builders of the Mystic Circle podcast, Brother Jeremy Castle examines the distinction between good faith and bad faith arguments and their impacts on our discourse. By exploring the effects of modern debate culture, fueled by social media and television, Brother Jeremy underscores how discussions often prioritize conflict and spectacle over authentic understanding and resolution. He offers insightful tips on recognizing bad faith performers and tactics often used to provoke rather than engage. Recognizing the dichotomy of the internet as a resource for good ideas and a platform for bad actors, Brother Jeremy emphasizes the necessity...
2025-08-1019 min
The UC Irvine PodcastUCI Podcast: Women in scienceIn 1987, Congress passed Public Law 100-9, designating March as “Women’s History Month,” intended to honor “women of every race, class, and ethnic background” who have made “historical contributions to the growth and strength of the Nation in countless recorded and unrecorded ways.”
One academic discipline where the contributions of women have been overlooked and undervalued is science. Cailin O’Connor, UC Irvine Chancellor’s Professor of logic and philosophy of science, has spent significant time studying scientific communities and how they learn about the world together – and how cultures evolve unfair rules around characterizations like race and gender. Because O’Connor is a female...
2025-03-2519 min
Brian ComptonOnline Read Ebook The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread By Cailin O'Connor (Author), Full Episodehttps://yuandipro.firebaseapp.com/?GASS=0300251858 . Click This Link To Access The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread by Cailin O'Connor (Author), Book Supports all formats, Such as: EPUB, PDF , AZW3, MOBI, IBA, & RTF Book Title: The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread Book Author: Cailin O'Connor (Author), Book Rating: 9+ ratings Powered by Firstory Hosting
2024-10-2100 min
P3 DystopiaSociala medierMer information och snabbare kommunikation skulle leda till bättre kunskap och större förståelse. Hur kunde vi ha så fel? Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Vi tillbringar stora delar av våra liv på sociala medier. Vad gör det med oss? Hur påverkas vi av vad algoritmerna väljer att visa? Och går det att förena företagens mål med samhällets väl?Producent och programledare: Viktor HarizProgramledare: Fanny HedenmoMedverkande gäster: Cory Doctorow, Cailin O'Connor, Renee DiResta, Nic
2024-10-111h 16
TikTok TheologyFinding Truth in an Era of Misinformation (with Yoon Shin)Steven Félix-Jäger & Yoon Shin, Renewing Christian WorldviewCailin O’Connor and James Owen Weatherall, The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs SpreadPaul M. Gould, Cultural ApologeticsJames Κ. A. Smith, Thinking in TonguesDru Johnson, Biblical Knowing
2024-09-2446 min
ParadigmCailin O'Connor: Scientific Curation and ClickbaitFind full ad-free video episodes and more at https://www.matthewgeleta.com/
Cailin O’Connor is a philosopher of science and evolutionary game theorist. She’s a Professor in the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science at UC Irvine.
We discuss:
news media and exaggerated and misleading headlines
scientific and journalistic practices, and the incentives behind them
how content curation impacts public perception and understanding of what is true
the role of algorithms in perpetuating misleading content on social media
practical suggestion...
2024-09-021h 16
DO IT NOWOnline Read Ebook The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread By Cailin O'Connor (Author), Full Episodehttps://fourkingyonko.trustedmedianow.top/300234015 . Click This Link To Access The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread by Cailin O'Connor (Author), Book Supports all formats, Such as: EPUB, PDF , AZW3, MOBI, IBA, & RTF Book Title: The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread Book Author: Cailin O'Connor (Author), Book Rating: 9+ ratings Powered by Firstory Hosting
2024-08-2200 min
The Pinkonomics PodcastEp. 6: Household Bargaining, Pt. 2: Cailin O’ Connor on Evolutionary Game Theory and the Gendered Division of Household LaborEvolutionary game theory studies the repetition of strategies and choices over time, such that some strategies emerge as more successful in a society than others. It can also explain how cultural norms and beliefs evolve when players — society members — pick certain strategies again and again. Cailin O’ Connor is here this week to discuss her work on evolutionary game theory and the origins of inequity, specifically in the context of the gendered division of household labor.
We primarily talk about her book The Origins of Unfairness (2019), which uses game theory to explain the use of social categories – in parti...
2024-08-1753 min
The Armen Show421: Cailin O’Connor | Philosophy of Science, Biology, Game Theory, And More
Professor Cailin O’Connor is philosopher of biology and behavioral sciences, philosopher of science, and evolutionary game theorist. She is a Professor in the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, and recently finished co-administering the NSF grant “Consensus, Democracy, and the Public Understanding of Science” with philosopher of physics James Owen Weatherall (previous NSF grant Social Dynamics and Diversity in Epistemic Communities).
Their co-authored trade book The Misinformation Age was published with Yale University Press. Her monograph The Origins of Unfairness was published in July 2019 by Oxford University Press, and her books Games in the Philosophy of Biology and ...
2024-03-1300 min
Unf*cking the FutureThe Truth About Misinformation with Cailin O'ConnorIt’s hard to solve a problem when some people don’t even believe that it exists. Researcher Cailin O’Connor joins to talk about the spread of climate misinformation- and what we can do about it. Show notes from Chris: Sadly, action on the climate crisis has been badly delayed by huge amounts of disinformation and misinformation, and much of it orchestrated by the fossil fuel industry. If you want to learn more, the groundbreaking book “Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming” by Naomi Oresk...
2024-02-2835 min
The New AbnormalCailin O'Connor 'The war against truth and the social dynamics of alternative facts'Series TwoIn this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interviewed Cailin O'Connor, who is an associate professor of logic and philosophy of science at the University of California. She's also the co-author of 'The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread' (published by Yale University Press.In our interview, we discuss Cailin's most recent writings on the subject of 'why we trust lies' re: the most effective misinformation starting with seeds of truth. In doing so, she explains the crucial importance of transparency and accountability, alongside her viewpoints on issues such as confirmation bi...
2024-02-2650 min
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2024-02-1549 min
The New NeighborhoodBack for Season 3: The New NeighborhoodCo-hosts Cailin O’Connor and Sanaa Sharrieff talk about what brings them to this work and what to expect in season 3. The New Neighborhood Podcast - Center for the Study of Social Policy (cssp.org)@qsqueensanaa | Twitter, Instagram, Facebook | Linktreesavvychicclothing | Instagram, Facebook | Linktree
2023-09-0616 min
Origins Podcast with Ryan McGranaghanC. Thi Nguyen - This conversation will change how you see the worldThere is something irresistible about the way C. Thi Nguyen thinks about and structures the world. From the lenses of trust, art, games, and communities he thinks about seemingly everything. In each of these topics, he's written pieces that I consider to be among the most important works on them. Origins WebsiteFlourishing Commons NewsletterShow Notes:Games: Agency as Art (01:55)Anne Harrington (07:20)The Great Endarkenment Elijah Millgram (09:20)Trust and Antitrust Annette BaierHostile Epistemology (21:20)The natural selection of bad science Paul Smaldino (26:40)The Grasshopper Bernard Suits (32:20)Context Changes Everything Alicia...
2023-07-251h 15
Book MovementSBM 067 | The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread - Cailin O'Connor & James Owen Weatherall | Miguel PeñafielTEMPORADA 1/2023
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Título Libro (Español): La era de la desinformación. Título Libro (Inglés - Original): The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread. Autores: Cailin O'Connor & James Owen Weatherall. Revisor: Miguel Peñafiel.
TEMAS TRATADOS
La era de desinformación como episodio que atravesamos al pasar el tiempo.
Construcción del conocimiento dentro de los círculos científicos.
Todos los científicos eventualmente tienen una verdadera curiosidad para poder desvelar algún fenómeno y llegar a algunas conclusiones respecto de un sistema que se está estudiando.
El efecto en la práctica cientí...
2023-05-151h 23
Claare Ny Gael - Manx RadioClaare ny Gael 1st January 2023David Robertson has returned to Douglas in 1791, and gives us a description of the town and its inhabitants, before taking us a little further afield. However, there are tensions and difficulties as well as beauties and pleasure.
In an episode from our translation into the Manx Gaelic of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula', Arthur Holmwood has given blood to save the life of his fiance, Lucy Westenra. As he is about to leave, Professor Van Helsing has another thought to share with him. The Professor sets Dr John Seward to keep close watch while Lucy sleeps.
As...
2023-01-0150 min
The New NeighborhoodMeet Your New Neighbors: Introducing Season 2 of The New NeighborhoodNew co-hosts Cailin O’Connor and Sanaa Sharrieff are joined by Joan Lombardi, who launched the podcast last year, to talk about what brings them to this work, why it was important to bring on a parent leader (Sanaa) as co-host this season, and what the “secret sauce” is that makes a community a great place to raise kids. SHOW NOTES:Center for the Study of Social Policy Parent Leader NetworkPositive and Adverse Childhood ExperiencesAdverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) (from the CDC)Health Outcomes of Positive Experiences (HOPE)PACEs ConnectionStrengthening FamiliesReady for School Ready for Life (Gui...
2022-06-0819 min
The New NeighborhoodThe New Neighborhood: Season 2 TeaserWelcome to the New Neighborhood, a podcast that explores some of the dramatic changes taking place across the country as people work to reinforce a sense of community, support young children and families, and work to build equity within communities. Each episode features innovations that will create a society where all children and their families can thrive.Hosted by: Cailin O'Connor and Sanaa Sharrieff
2022-06-0200 min
New Things Under the SunHow a field fixes itself: the applied turn in economicsGetting an academic field to change its ways is hard. But it does happen. And I think changes in the field of economics are a good illustration of some of the dynamics that make that possible.This podcast is an audio read through of the (initial version of the) article How a field fixes itself: the applied turn in economics, published on New Things Under the Sun.Articles mentioned:Leamer, Edward E. 1983. Let’s Take the Con Out of Econometrics. American Economic Review 73(1): 31-43. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1803924Hamermesh, Daniel S. 2013. Si...
2022-01-2030 min
Game Changer - the game theory podcastIs inequity in society unavoidable? A few lessons from Evolutionary Game Theory | with Cailin O'ConnorIn this episode we talk to Cailin O'Connor about inequity in society and how it can be modeled using evolutionary game theory. She explains that few conditions like the division of groups into social categories such as gender or race suffice to lead to stable inequitable patterns which persist over time. We discuss implications when it comes to gender and the division of labour or bargaining situations and why it is so difficult to break inequitable patterns. Cailin O'Connor is professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science at UC Irvine. In her research she focusses on philosophy...
2022-01-1822 min
Glass Box PodcastEp 86 - Good Science Beats Bad; MoF pt. 8We take on the next recommendation from the 2019 NPR broadcast Hidden Brain episode. Shannon tells us how our beliefs can be informed by people we trust and how resilient they prove. Then we get into the next segment of Miracle of Forgiveness by Spencer W. Kimball telling us about the benefits of forgiving folks who wrong us. Then we wrap with happy news about green power from India! July 22, 2019 episode: Facts Aren't Enough: The Psychology of False Beliefs. https://www.npr.org/2019/07/18/743195213/facts-arent-enough-the-psychology-of-false-beliefs The Misinformation Age: How Fals...
2021-12-082h 36
Rethinking Learning PodcastEpisode #126: Helping Students Feel Safe, Seen, and Stretched with Julie Schmidt HassonDr. Julie Schmidt Hasson is a professor teaching graduate courses in educational leadership, a researcher, and a teacher advocate who researched the ways teachers influence students’ lives. She interviewed hundreds of people about the teachers they remember. This research became the Chalk and Chances project with what those stories mean for teachers, and the information and inspiration that educators need in her upcoming book, “Safe, See, and Stretched in the Classroom.” Background and where you grew upI grew up in Central Florida. My mother and grandmother were both teachers, and I loved playing school as a kid. I e...
2021-11-0842 min
PHI 201: Public PhilosophyWeek ElevenWeek Eleven: 11/8 Cailin O’Connor and James Owen Weatherall, The Misinformation Age pg. 147
187 and selections from Renata Salecl, A Passion for Ignorance: What We Choose Not to
Know and Why*
2021-10-2128 minPHI 201: Public PhilosophyWeek TenWeek Ten: 11/1 Cailin O’Connor and James Owen Weatherall, The Misinformation Age pg. 93—146
and selections from Marcus Gilroy-Ware, After the Fact? The Truth about Fake News*
2021-10-1539 minPHI 201: Public PhilosophyWeek Nine10/25 Cailin O’Connor and James Owen Weatherall, The Misinformation Age pg. 46-92
and selections from Richard Seymour The Twittering Machine*
2021-10-0737 minPHI 201: Public PhilosophyWeek Eight10/18 Cailin O’Connor and James Owen Weatherall, The Misinformation Age pg. 1-45
and “Smoking Out Objectivity: Journalistic Gears in the Agnogenesis Machine”*
2021-09-3030 min
The Human Risk PodcastDr Cailin O'Connor on Risk PerceptionHow is our perception of risk impacted by ethical dynamics? That's what I'm exploring on this episode with my guest Dr Cailin O'Connor.She's the co-author of a recent draft research paper that highlights some interesting findings in relation to the risk perception of COVID. The paper explains that research subjects thought that people were less at risk of COVID infection when engaged in morally good actions, and more likely to catch COVID while doing morally bad things. In other words, people’s risk judgments are systematically skewed. Cailin is a philosopher of biology and behavioral sc...
2021-05-2658 min
The New NeighborhoodStrengthening Partnerships Between Housing and Early ChildhoodLearn how Boston advocates developed relationships with parents through connections with housing and development providers.Guests:Cailin O’Connor, Senior Associate, Center for the Study of Social PolicyAlia Pacombe, Director, Community Engagement, Urban Edge, Boston, MACarla Therriault, Director, Community Impact, United Way, Massachusetts Bay/Merrimack ValleyHost: Joan Lombardi
2021-03-1819 min
Free Food For ThoughtCailin O'ConnorIn this week's episode, Sophie and Olivia sit down with Dr. O'Connor to discuss the overwhelming presence of misinformation and disinformation in today's world. Dr. O'Connor shares how her career led her to studying misinformation, dispels fake news myths, discusses the impact of misinformation on the COVID-19 pandemic, and gives tips on how everyone can catch fake news that they may come across.
2021-02-1920 min
No Time for TimeNo Time for Time : SINGLES DO IT BEST : Valentines Day SpecialOn this very special episode Peyton O’Hara, Lilli And Cailin Dwyer, Maggie Elay, Charlotte Rivers, Connor Mulligan, Maddie Warwick and Giancarlo Laval join me to talk all things Valentines Day. Lilli knits and Connor goes off topic while the rest of us talk about the does and don’ts of dating. We touch upon gift giving and relationship advice as well as sex! While a relationship is fun, SINGLES DO IT BEST!
2021-02-1445 min
Audio – Forum for PhilosophyMisinformationQuassim Cassam, Lisa Bortolotti, and Cailin O’Connor consider the world's misinformation problem, its causes, and some potential solutions.
2021-02-0200 minForum for PhilosophyMisinformationQuassim Cassam, Lisa Bortolotti, and Cailin O’Connor consider the world's misinformation problem, its causes, and some potential solutions.
2021-02-0200 minForum for PhilosophyMisinformationQuassim Cassam, Lisa Bortolotti, and Cailin O’Connor consider the world's misinformation problem, its causes, and some potential solutions.
2021-02-0200 min
Shaping the Post-COVID WorldMisinformationContributor(s): Professor Lisa Bortolotti, Professor Quassim Cassam, Dr Cailin O’Connor | Information may be power, but misinformation appears to be usurping the throne. From COVID-19 to QAnon, misinformation is more ubiquitous and more dangerous than ever. But why is it so much more attractive to so many? Are there factors that make misinformation more (or less) likely to be believed? What draws people into the world of conspiracy theories? And if our media environment shoulders much of the blame, can democratic societies do anything to stem the flow of fake news?
Quassim Cassam, Lisa Bortolotti, and Cailin O’Connor cons...
2021-01-261h 14
Futility ClosetJoseph Medicine Crow Joseph Medicine Crow was raised on a Montana reservation in the warrior tradition of his Crow forefathers. But during World War II he found himself applying those lessons in very different circumstances. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast, we'll describe Joseph's exploits in the war and how they helped to shape his future. We'll also consider how to distinguish identical twins and puzzle over a physicist's beer. Intro: Two opposing bullets struck one another during the siege of Petersburg. Which full house is likeliest to win?
2020-12-0730 min
Everything Hertz120: How false beliefs spread in science (with Cailin O'Connor)Dan and James chat with Cailin O'Connor (University of California, Irvine) about the how false beliefs spread in science and remedies for this issue
Here's what they cover:
Why should psychologist scientists learn about the philosophy of science?
Cailin's new preprint on error propogation that she co-authrored
Boyd and Richerson's "Culture and the Evolutionary Process" book
Episode 91 with Kristin Sainani that discussed magnitude based inference
Christie Aschwanden on Magnitude Based Inference
The Misinformation age, co-authored by Cailin
Cailin's paper on the retraction of scientific papers
With Scite, you can be alterted whether a given paper has...
2020-11-1647 min
The UC Irvine PodcastUCI Podcast: Slowing the spread of election misinformationThe clouds of misinformation swirling on the internet have only thickened this election season, with unfounded allegations of rampant voter fraud and online conspiracy theories that severely strain credulity. To learn more, the UCI Podcast spoke with Cailin O’Connor, an associate professor in the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science at UCI, is an expert on misinformation, and, along with fellow UCI professor James Weatherall, the co-author of the book, The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread (2019). In this interview, O’Connor discusses the most consequential pieces of misinformation this election season and the ways people can slow thei...
2020-10-2724 min
The Lancet VoiceVaccine and science communications in the USAPeter Hotez joins us to talk vaccine progress and how science needs to communicate in the USA, and philosopher of science Cailin O'Connor discusses our understanding of theories, facts, and how misinformation spreads.Send us your feedback!Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancetCheck out all the podcasts from The Lancet Group:https://www.thelancet.com/multimedia/podcasts?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancetContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/...
2020-10-0255 min
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and IdeasCailin O'Connor on Game Theory, Evolution, and the Origins of UnfairnessYou can't always get what you want, as a wise person once said. But we do try, even when someone else wants the same thing. Our lives as people, and the evolution of other animals over time, are shaped by competition for scarce resources of various kinds. Game theory provides a natural framework for understanding strategies and behaviors in these competitive settings, and thus provides a lens with which to analyze evolution and human behavior, up to and including why racial or gender groups are consistently discriminated against in society. Cailin O'Connor is the author or two recent books...
2020-09-071h 19
Sean Carroll's Mindscape113 | Cailin O'Connor on Game Theory, Evolution, and the Origins of UnfairnessYou can’t always get what you want, as a wise person once said. But we do try, even when someone else wants the same thing. Our lives as people, and the evolution of other animals over time, are shaped by competition for scarce resources of various kinds. Game theory provides a natural framework for understanding strategies and behaviors in these competitive settings, and thus provides a lens with which to analyze evolution and human behavior, up to and including why racial or gender groups are consistently discriminated against in society. Cailin O’Connor is the author or two recent book...
2020-09-071h 19
New Books in PhilosophyCailin O’Connor, "Games in the Philosophy of Biology" (Cambridge UP, 2020)The branch of mathematics called game theory – the Prisoners Dilemma is a particularly well-known example of a game – is used by philosophers, social scientists, and others to explore many types of social relations between humans and between nonhuman creatures.In Games in the Philosophy of Biology (Cambridge University Press, 2020), Cailin O’Connor introduces the basics of game theory and its particular branch, evolutionary game theory, and discusses how game theoretic models have helped explain the genesis of the meanings of linguistic and nonlinguistic signals, altruistic behavior, the spread of misinformation, and the origins of fair and unfair distri...
2020-07-101h 06
New Books in ScienceCailin O’Connor, "Games in the Philosophy of Biology" (Cambridge UP, 2020)The branch of mathematics called game theory – the Prisoners Dilemma is a particularly well-known example of a game – is used by philosophers, social scientists, and others to explore many types of social relations between humans and between nonhuman creatures.In Games in the Philosophy of Biology (Cambridge University Press, 2020), Cailin O’Connor introduces the basics of game theory and its particular branch, evolutionary game theory, and discusses how game theoretic models have helped explain the genesis of the meanings of linguistic and nonlinguistic signals, altruistic behavior, the spread of misinformation, and the origins of fair and unfair distri...
2020-07-101h 06
New Books in MathematicsCailin O’Connor, "Games in the Philosophy of Biology" (Cambridge UP, 2020)The branch of mathematics called game theory – the Prisoners Dilemma is a particularly well-known example of a game – is used by philosophers, social scientists, and others to explore many types of social relations between humans and between nonhuman creatures.In Games in the Philosophy of Biology (Cambridge University Press, 2020), Cailin O’Connor introduces the basics of game theory and its particular branch, evolutionary game theory, and discusses how game theoretic models have helped explain the genesis of the meanings of linguistic and nonlinguistic signals, altruistic behavior, the spread of misinformation, and the origins of fair and unfair distri...
2020-07-101h 06
New Books in Game StudiesCailin O’Connor, "Games in the Philosophy of Biology" (Cambridge UP, 2020)The branch of mathematics called game theory – the Prisoners Dilemma is a particularly well-known example of a game – is used by philosophers, social scientists, and others to explore many types of social relations between humans and between nonhuman creatures.In Games in the Philosophy of Biology (Cambridge University Press, 2020), Cailin O’Connor introduces the basics of game theory and its particular branch, evolutionary game theory, and discusses how game theoretic models have helped explain the genesis of the meanings of linguistic and nonlinguistic signals, altruistic behavior, the spread of misinformation, and the origins of fair and unfair distri...
2020-07-101h 06
New Books in Biology and EvolutionCailin O’Connor, "Games in the Philosophy of Biology" (Cambridge UP, 2020)The branch of mathematics called game theory – the Prisoners Dilemma is a particularly well-known example of a game – is used by philosophers, social scientists, and others to explore many types of social relations between humans and between nonhuman creatures.In Games in the Philosophy of Biology (Cambridge University Press, 2020), Cailin O’Connor introduces the basics of game theory and its particular branch, evolutionary game theory, and discusses how game theoretic models have helped explain the genesis of the meanings of linguistic and nonlinguistic signals, altruistic behavior, the spread of misinformation, and the origins of fair and unfair distri...
2020-07-101h 06
Exchanges: A Cambridge UP PodcastCailin O’Connor, "Games in the Philosophy of Biology" (Cambridge UP, 2020)The branch of mathematics called game theory – the Prisoners Dilemma is a particularly well-known example of a game – is used by philosophers, social scientists, and others to explore many types of social relations between humans and between nonhuman creatures.In Games in the Philosophy of Biology (Cambridge University Press, 2020), Cailin O’Connor introduces the basics of game theory and its particular branch, evolutionary game theory, and discusses how game theoretic models have helped explain the genesis of the meanings of linguistic and nonlinguistic signals, altruistic behavior, the spread of misinformation, and the origins of fair and unfair distri...
2020-07-101h 06
Plenary Session - inactive due to federal service2.56 HER2CLIMB & Misinformation and Disinformation with Dr. Cailin O'ConnorThis week we tackle the topic of tucatinib in HER2-positive breast cancer with brain metastases. We also interview Dr. Cailin O'Connor of the University of California Irvine on her research on misinformation and disinformation. We discuss her recent article in the Boston Review, titled "Hydroxychloroquine and the Political Polarization of Science", as well as her extensive body of work.
HER2CLIMB: doi.org/10.1200/JCO.20.00775
Hydroxychloroquine: http://bostonreview.net/science-nature-politics/cailin-oconnor-james-owen-weatherall-hydroxychloroquine-and-political
The Dynamics of Retraction in Epistemic Networks: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/17088/
How Misinformation Spreads: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-misinformation-spreads-and-why-we-trust-it/
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2020-06-121h 02Plenary Session - inactive due to federal service2.56 HER2CLIMB & Misinformation and Disinformation with Dr. Cailin O'ConnorThis week we tackle the topic of tucatinib in HER2-positive breast cancer with brain metastases. We also interview Dr. Cailin O'Connor of the University of California Irvine on her research on misinformation and disinformation. We discuss her recent article in the Boston Review, titled "Hydroxychloroquine and the Political Polarization of Science", as well as her extensive body of work.
HER2CLIMB: doi.org/10.1200/JCO.20.00775
Hydroxychloroquine: http://bostonreview.net/science-nature-politics/cailin-oconnor-james-owen-weatherall-hydroxychloroquine-and-political
The Dynamics of Retraction in Epistemic Networks: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/17088/
How Misinformation Spreads: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-misinformation-spreads-and-why-we-trust-it/
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2020-06-121h 02
New Books in PsychologyCailin O’Connor, "The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread" (Yale UP, 2018)Why should we care about having true beliefs? And why do demonstrably false beliefs persist and spread despite bad, even fatal, consequences for the people who hold them?In The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread (Yale University Press, 2018), Cailin O’Connor and James Weatherall argue that social factors, rather than individual psychology, are what’s essential to understanding the spread and persistence of false beliefs. It might seem that there’s an obvious reason that true beliefs matter: false beliefs will hurt you. But if that’s right, then why is it (apparently) irrelevant to many people w...
2020-05-2042 min
Van Leer Institute Series on IdeasCailin O’Connor, "The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread" (Yale UP, 2018)The social dynamics of “alternative facts”: why what you believe depends on who you knowWhy should we care about having true beliefs? And why do demonstrably false beliefs persist and spread despite bad, even fatal, consequences for the people who hold them?In The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread (Yale University Press, 2018), Cailin O’Connor and James Weatherall argue that social factors, rather than individual psychology, are what’s essential to understanding the spread and persistence of false beliefs. It might seem that there’s an obvious reason that true beliefs matter: false beliefs will hur...
2020-05-2042 min
New Books in JournalismCailin O’Connor, "The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread" (Yale UP, 2018)Why should we care about having true beliefs? And why do demonstrably false beliefs persist and spread despite bad, even fatal, consequences for the people who hold them?In The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread (Yale University Press, 2018), Cailin O’Connor and James Weatherall argue that social factors, rather than individual psychology, are what’s essential to understanding the spread and persistence of false beliefs. It might seem that there’s an obvious reason that true beliefs matter: false beliefs will hurt you. But if that’s right, then why is it (apparently) irrelevant to many people w...
2020-05-2040 min
Thinking Clearly#42-False Beliefs in our Democracy-How they Spread and Persist-with Guest Cailin O'ConnorThe connectivity of the internet allows us to retrieve accurate information, which can be used to support true beliefs, but also exposes us to misinformation and disinformation created to perpetuate false beliefs. In this episode, U.C. Irvine Professor Cailin O'Connor, coauthor of the book "The Misinformation Age", discusses her research using computer modeling to explore how false beliefs form, spread and persist.
2019-12-0656 min
Mixed Mental ArtsEp 363 - Cailin O'ConnorIn an age of fake news and alternative facts, Cailin O'Connor's "The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread" could not be better timed. With fantastic historical examples and the latest science, this episode forces everyone to reflect on how we form our beliefs and how we can all play our role in creating a healthier information space. Cailin O'Connor is an Associate Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science and a member of the Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Science at the University of California, Irvine.
2019-11-151h 19Mixed Mental ArtsEp 363 - Cailin O'ConnorIn an age of fake news and alternative facts, Cailin O'Connor's "The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread" could not be better timed. With fantastic historical examples and the latest science, this episode forces everyone to reflect on how we form our beliefs and how we can all play our role in creating a healthier information space. Cailin O'Connor is an Associate Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science and a member of the Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Science at the University of California, Irvine.
2019-11-151h 19
Incredible Life Creator with Dr. Kimberley LinertUsing art to visualize and manifest your ideal life - Cailin OConnor Ep 35Cailin OConnor is an artist, it is her passion in life to create imagery and artifacts that connect to our soul level awareness. She has worked in universities, art museums, and international schools around the world. What people don’t see or know is that Cailin has lived an unusual existence of seeing and existing in spirit contact since childhood without knowing what it was and yet living life from this intuitive place. She shares insights into her life as a world traveler, artist, and shaman.
Contact Cailin O'Connor: https://thehealingvisionary.com/
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2019-11-1247 min
Don’t Miss: This Breakthrough Full Audiobook For Busy Professionals.The Misinformation Age by Cailin O’Connor, James Owen WeatherallPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/167252to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Misinformation Age
Author: Cailin O’Connor, James Owen Weatherall
Narrator: Chelsea Stephens
Format: mp3
Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
Release date: 09-18-19
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 111 ratings
Genres: Media Studies
Publisher's Summary:
In an age riven by "fake news," "alternative facts," and disputes over the validity of everything from climate change to the size of inauguration crowds, the authors argue that social factors, not individual psychology, are what's essential to understanding the persistence of false belief and that we must know how those social forces work in order to...
2019-09-186h 38
Elemental Podcast10: DesinformaciónLa desinformación es un fenómeno cultural muy antiguo. Tiene que ver con la forma en la que transmitimos creencias y mitos. Actualmente, las noticias falsas o fakenews suponen un problema cada vez mayor. Internet ha hecho que muchas ideas falsas se propaguen, a la vez que hemos perdido los referentes, no es tal fácil saber cuales son las fuentes fiables para decidir en qué creemos y en qué no.
En el podcast hablo sobre James Owen y Cailin O’Connor, y recomiendo la lectura de su libro recién publicado “La era de la desinformación”.
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2019-09-0812 min
Elemental PodcastDesinformaciónLa desinformación es un fenómeno cultural muy antiguo. Tiene que ver con la forma en la que transmitimos creencias y mitos. Actualmente, las noticias falsas o fakenews suponen un problema cada vez mayor. Internet ha hecho que muchas ideas falsas se propaguen, a la vez que hemos perdido los referentes, no es tal fácil saber cuales son las fuentes fiables para decidir en qué creemos y en qué no.En el podcast hablo sobre James Owen y Cailin O’Connor, y recomiendo la lectura de su libro recién publicado “La era de la desinforma...
2019-09-0812 min
Half Hour of Heterodoxy62. Cailin O'Connor, The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs SpreadCailin O’Connor (@cailinmeister) is a philosopher of science at the University of California-Irvine. We discuss her book The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread co-authored with James Owen Weatherall.
Related Links:
Do as I Say, Not as I Do, or, Conformity in Scientific Networks by James Owen Weatherall and Cailin O'Connor* How Science Spreads: Smallpox, Stomach Ulcers, and ‘The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary’: Episode of The Hidden Brain* Ukraine: The Haze of Propaganda by Tim Snyder, New York Review of Books* Endogenous Epistemic Factionalization: A Network Epistemology Approach by James Owen Weatherall & Cailin O’Connor* The Natu...
2019-08-0132 min
Smart People PodcastJim Weatherall - Fake News: Why What You Believe Depends on Who You Know
James Owen Weatherall is a physicist, philosopher, and mathematician. He holds graduate degrees from Harvard, the Stevens Institute of Technology, and the University of California, Irvine, where he is presently an assistant professor of logic and philosophy of science. He has written for Slate and Scientific American.James' newest book, The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread is available now and is co-authored with Cailin O'Connor (@cailinmeister).We discuss:
Are we moving backwards as an intellectual society?
What is causing the 'splitting' of society into two sides?
We are we so...
2019-07-3054 min
Hidden BrainFacts Aren't EnoughSometimes when we believe something, we resist data that can change our minds. This week, we look at how we rely on the people we trust to shape what we believe, and why emotions can be more powerful than facts. This episode features new reporting and favorite conversations with neuroscientist Tali Sharot and philosopher of science Cailin O'Connor. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
2019-07-2248 min
The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander HeffnerThe Misinformation AgeOn this episode of The Open Mind, we're delighted to welcome University of California, Irvine professors, Cailin O'Connor and James Owen Weatherall.Disinformation; misinformation, what is the science of how false beliefs spread? This is the critical understanding that my guest today argue is required to correct falsehoods and to ensure that they don't hijack and certainly don't monopolize the public interest.O'Connor and Weatherall have authored the new Yale University Press volume “The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread.” They argue that throughout history, social factors specifically who you know, your network of friends and...
2019-04-2927 minThe Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander HeffnerThe Misinformation AgeOn this episode of The Open Mind, we're delighted to welcome University of California, Irvine professors, Cailin O'Connor and James Owen Weatherall.Disinformation; misinformation, what is the science of how false beliefs spread? This is the critical understanding that my guest today argue is required to correct falsehoods and to ensure that they don't hijack and certainly don't monopolize the public interest.O'Connor and Weatherall have authored the new Yale University Press volume “The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread.” They argue that throughout history, social factors specifically who you know, your network of friends and...
2019-04-2927 min
Inquiring Minds52 Al Gore - The Politics of Climate ChangeOn the show this week we talk to former Vice President Al Gore. He shares his thoughts on President Obama's global warming record, the upcoming United Nations climate meeting, the impact of fracking, and China's plans for a massive carbon market.This episode also features a discussion inspired by an article written by Cailin O’Connor at Slate on the often overlooked influence of random noise on our cells—and its influence on genetics.http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/09/random_noise_in_biology_why_genetically_identical_twins_aren_t_identical.htmliTunes: itun...
2014-09-1834 min
MCMP – Philosophy of ScienceEvolving Perceptual CategoriesCailin O'Connor (UCI) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium (15 July, 2013) titled "Evolving Perceptual Categories". Abstract: Do perceptual categories--green, cool, sweet--accurately track features of the real world? If not, are there systematic ways in which perceptual categories fail to latch onto real world structure? Attempts to answer these questions have persistently led to a further question. Given that human beings can only observe the world through the lens of our perceptual systems, how is it possible to know whether and in what ways perceptual categories are veridical? In this talk, I use tools from evolutionary game theory to attempt to...
2013-11-0344 min