Jan 6, 2021 | Events, News, Updates
Why should we care about having true beliefs? And why do demonstrably false beliefs persist and spread without apparent consequence for the people who hold them? It might seem that there’s an obvious reason that true beliefs matter: false beliefs will hurt you. But if...
Nov 13, 2020 | Events, News
On Tuesday, Nov. 17, as part of an ongoing lecture series from the University of Washington Information School and the Center for an Informed Public, UW School of Law professors Ryan Calo, a CIP principal investigator, and Mary Fan, a CIP faculty member, discussed how...
Oct 9, 2020 | Events, News, Updates
This past spring, the Center for an Informed Public kicked off a special virtual event series with KUOW public radio in Seattle focused on misinformation awareness and designed to give people insights, techniques and skills to be better information consumers and...
Oct 6, 2020 | Events, News
Pacific Science Center in Seattle recently hosted the Center for an Informed Public’s Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West for an Science in the City virtual event discussion on Oct. 6. Bergstrom, a University of Washington Department of Biology professor, and CIP faculty...
May 21, 2020 | Events, News
The University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public (CIP) and Seattle-area National Public Radio affiliate KUOW are launching a virtual event series called “Stand With the Facts,” which kicks off Tuesday, May 26 at 1 p.m. PDT. The first event, hosted by Kim...
