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Podcast: Curiosity Weekly
Episode: Learning to Read Right, Risks of Trusting Science, Trivia
Description: Learn why phonics is the best way to teach kids to read; and how false science benefits from people who “trust science.” Plus: this month’s Curiosity Challenge trivia game!
Additional resources from Emily Oster:
Pick up "The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early Years" at your local bookstore: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781984881755?aff=penguinrandom
Website: https://emilyoster.net/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ProfEmilyOster
"Trusting science" may make you more likely to share false science — but there's a fix by Grant Currin
Misplaced trust: When trust in science fosters pseudoscience. (2021, July 26). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekal...