First of all I wanted to say congratulations for that excellent and hilarious piece on Gawker. I think you and my organic chemistry professor (at McGill) would be excellent friends by the way you both wittily mock pseudo-science bloggers.
I just have one question, what do you think is the best way to approach someone that is anti-science in person? I find when I try and explain these things to friends they get really defensive and just shut down all reasonable arguments or studies saying they're paid off by Monsanto and big Pharma. I end up just getting frustrated and have never succeeded at convincing anyone. Any tips?
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First of all I wanted to say congratulations for that excellent and hilarious piece on Gawker. I think you and my organic chemistry professor (at McGill) would be excellent friends by the way you both wittily mock pseudo-science bloggers.
I just have one question, what do you think is the best way to approach someone that is anti-science in person? I find when I try and explain these things to friends they get really defensive and just shut down all reasonable arguments or studies saying they're paid off by Monsanto and big Pharma. I end up just getting frustrated and have never succeeded at convincing anyone. Any tips?
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