• Examining the credibility of the sources • Examining the quality of the studies • Asking experts to explain the contested evidence • Diversity matters as much as expertise • When dealing with public issues, having a diversity of perspectives is as important as having specialist knowledge • Work together to make sense of the evidence; for example, agree that there is no such thing as a stupid question; cultivate a culture of curiosity and collaborative learning in your group Valuing and engaging with differences of opinion • Difference of opinion is crucial when deliberating about a complex topic like climate change because: • It can offer points of view that we had not considered • It can help to see an issue in a new light or to grasp its complexity • It can help to notice assumptions that may deserve scrutiny • It can test the strength of our own arguments, which ultimately can improve our reasoning • It can open unforeseen options or new ways of tackling the issue • A key challenge is that sometimes we may perceive a difference in opinion as an attack on our values or points of view • this is partly to do with the partisanship, simplification, polarisation, confrontation and other rituals that we often see at play in political discussions in our public sphere PIN...