What shapes our perceptions (and misperceptions) about science? In an eye-opening talk, meteorologist J. Marshall Shepherd explains how confirmation bias, the Dunning-Kruger effect and cognitive dissonance impact what we think we know -- and shares ideas for how we can replace them with something much more powerful: knowledge.

Media coverage of extreme weather events is extensive and relentless but, according to meteorologist James Shepherd, there's a key conversation missing. In this talk, he draws attention to the oft-ignored weather gap - the increased vulnerability of marginalized communities to extreme weather events—and suggests three solutions that could help c...