# Why we should trust scientists

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDSalon NY2014
- Speaker: Naomi Oreskes
- Year: 2014
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Earth and environment, Astronomy and space, History, Philosophy, Religion
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/naomi_oreskes_why_we_should_trust_scientists)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Many of the world's biggest problems require asking questions of scientists -- but why should we believe what they say? Historian of science Naomi Oreskes thinks deeply about our relationship to belief and draws out three problems with common attitudes toward scientific inquiry -- and gives her own reasoning for why we ought to trust science.

## Lectures

1. [Why we should trust scientists](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/naomi_oreskes_why_we_should_trust_scientists/224b703309db), 19 min (TED's player)