Why Trust Science?

This book by Naomi Oreskes was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Diary of a CEO. The people who vouched for it on air: Lisa Feldman Barrett. It comes up in conversations about brain health, depression & mood, trauma & ptsd. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

"Do doctors really know what they are talking about when they tell us vaccines are safe? Should we take climate experts at their word when they warn us about the perils of global warming? Why should we trust science when our own politicians don't? In this landmark book, Naomi Oreskes offers a bold and compelling defense of science, revealing why the social character of scientific knowledge is its greatest strength -- and the greatest reason we can trust it. Tracing the history and philosophy of science from the late nineteenth century to today, Oreskes explains that, contrary to popular belief, there is no single scientific method.

• “I was reading a book by uh Naomi Orescus the historian of science and she wrote a book called Why Trust Science? And it's a wonderful book”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “it's a wonderful book”
  Lisa Feldman Barrett · The Diary of a CEO · Apr 202501:22:39

  Said during "No.1 Neuroscientist: you can change who you are in 30 days". The episode features Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett: A world-leading neuroscientist and one of the top 0.1% most-cited scientists, known for the theory of constructed emotion and her books on how the brain builds emotions and reality. Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett explains how your brain predicts rather than reacts, and how that gives you the power to change who you are.