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Alfie Hoar
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Alfie Hoar is a student at Pembroke College, Oxford University reading Physics and Philosophy. He has written multiple articles on modern climate change denial in the UK, published in the Independent and the Ecologist. He’s coordinated multiple campaigns on climate policy, including calling for denialist groups in the UK to have charitable status removed.
Could AI generated summaries of scientific consensus help tackle disinformation?
Summaries of the scientific consensus, generated quickly by artificial intelligence might offer new hope in beating a key part of the ‘Tobacco Playbook’ on science denialism
Climate change deniers are using COVID-19 as a cover for questioning scientific integrity
When calls for greater scrutiny of scientific integrity come from climate change deniers and lockdown 'sceptics', we would be right to be wary of their intentions
Professor Christopher Essex: denialism meets philosophy of science
Professor Christopher Essex, chair of a climate change denial charity, argues we shouldn't trust science, but presents a deeply unworkable alternative.
The climate change deniers spreading misinformation… with charitable status
Seventy four climate scientists signed an open letter calling for a climate change denial charity to lose its charitable status - so why doesn't the Charity Commission act?