Stories by David Robert Grimes

David Robert Grimes is a scientist and author of Good Thinking: Why Flawed Logic Puts Us All at Risk and How Critical Thinking Can Save the World (The Experiment, 2021). His work focuses on health disinformation and conspiracy theory, and he is an international advocate for the public understanding of science. Grimes is a recipient of the Nature/Sense about Science Maddox Prize and a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.

Computing

Russian Misinformation Seeks to Confound, Not Convince

Rather than take a side, these campaigns create decision paralysis that leads to inaction

March 28, 2022 — David Robert Grimes | Opinion

Behavior

COVID Has Created a Perfect Storm for Fringe Science

It’s always been with us, but in a time of pandemic, its practitioners have an amplified capacity to unleash serious harm

April 26, 2021 — David Robert Grimes | Opinion

Policy

Don’t Fall Prey to Scaremongering about 5G

Activists cite low-quality studies in arguing radio-frequency radiation is dangerous, but the weight of evidence shows no risk

October 28, 2019 — David Robert Grimes | Opinion