John Cook – Collecting Conspiracy Theories

AGU 2014 Tidbits – Anecdotes And Stories From The Front Lines Of Science

During the AGU Fall Meeting I had the honor of working with Peter Sinclair of Climate Denial Crock of the Week and John Cook of Skeptical Science, interviewing an amazing line-up of scientists and science communicators. I’m floored by who we interviewed and could have a chat with. Everyone brought their A game which gave us some incredible footage.

Video description

John Cook is the Climate Communication Fellow for the Global Change Institute at the University of Queensland. He also founded skepticalscience.com in 2007, a website that examines the arguments of the global warming 'sceptics'.

In this clip John Cook talks about one of his little hobbies: collecting conspiracy theories. A lot of different conspiracy theories were proposed about Skeptical Science and other projects and research Cook worked on. He collects all these different conspiracy theories as he finds them very interesting.

Media resources

Interviews filmed in collaboration with University of Queensland and Skeptical Science. Full interviews available April 2015 in 'Making Sense of Climate Science Denial'.

Camera B interview footage provided by Peter Sinclair of Climate Denial Crock of the Week and Yale Climate Connections.

AGU 2014 Tidbits – Anecdotes And Stories From The Front Lines Of Science