In an age flooded with misinformation and contested truths, the role of evidence couldn鈥檛 be more important in showing what actually works. But how did we come to use evidence, and why are some people rejecting it today?
This event will discuss the 鈥榚vidence revolution鈥� - the global movement that promotes the idea that scientific evidence should guide our decisions rather than unreliable opinions or beliefs 鈥� and the many challenges it faces.
For many years, most medical advice was based on doctors鈥� opinions and conventional wisdom, not solid science (so called 鈥榚minence-based medicine鈥�). Since the 1990s, evidence-based medicine has become the norm, and the principle of using evidence to determine 鈥榳hat works鈥� is now transforming fields from policy and education to policing and conservation.
But why does evidence provoke opposition? How can evidence empower all of us to sift fact from falsehood and misinformation from the truth? Join our panel of experts as they examine these questions, including award-winning Nature journalist Helen Pearson, who will speak about 鈥� and sign 鈥� her new book Beyond Belief: How Evidence Shows What Really Works.
Speakers:
Helen Pearson, Nature journalist and author of Beyond Belief: How Evidence Shows What Really Works
Will Moy, Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Collaboration
Anjana Ahuja, Science columnist at the Financial Times and co-author of Spike: The Virus Vs The People
Professor Michael Sanders, Director, School for Government at King鈥檚 College London (Chair)