Tide Goes In, Tide Goes Out
Great moments in science communication from Fox News, via Media Matters
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Academic Publishing: Hating a Trap is Not Enough to Escape the Trap
There are lots of problems with scholarly publishing, and of course even more with academia as a whole. In this article I focus on two: expensive journals, and ineffective peer review. Expensive...
View ArticleSome Models Are More True than Others
Our decision-making under the influence of science comes back to the question of how much we should trust models. There is no easy general answer. But among the many ways this demonstration is...
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Beyond Sustainability – A Manifesto
Nature does not have a core business, except that of diversity, abundance, and continuance. – David Schaller. Bruce Sterling has had many an inspired rant, and many a digression. It was something of a...
View ArticleIsn’t it Sad
“Isn’t it sad that you can tell people that the ozone layer is being depleted, the forests are being cut down, the deserts are advancing steadily, that the greenhouse effect will raise the sea level...
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The Lesterland Rant
Larry Lessig’s much-watched call to action is America-centric, but it has much to offer the rest of us too, especially in parts of the world subject to the infestations of the Murdoch Press. The...
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Less semantic aggression might conduce to clarity all around. Russel Seitz at Eli’s
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Global Warming Does Not Cause Climate Change
Global Warming Does Not Cause Climate Change; The Fever Does Not Cause The Disease; A Low Fever is Not A Cure Did you panic in 1998? Because, remember, that at the end of the year the global mean...
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American Southwest Entering Summer with Extraordinary Fire Danger
The region is predicted to have above 30-year normal temperatures this summer; the precipitation outlook is mostly neutral but a bit unfavorable in the corner closest to Texas. Of course this is an...
View ArticleNot Enough Time
We don’t have time for a meeting of the flat-earth society. - Barack Obama, on climate change
View ArticleHerman Kahn
Projecting a persuasive image of a desirable and practical future is extremely important to high morale, to dynamism, to consensus, and in general to help the wheels of society turn smoothly. The...
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Know when you know enough
It is good to know there are unknowns. It is better to know when you know enough. Florifulgurator
View ArticleWhy the Climate Makes Climate Change Communication Difficult
The Chapman Conference talks are up. So far they’ve all been worth watching. Simon’s, shown here, ties in to our recent theme about “global warming” as cause or as effect. In short, in a public sphere,...
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Jet Fuel on Freight Trains: Normal Accidents and the Tragedy of Lac-Mégantic
Condolences In some ways, speaking of the lessons of a tragedy too soon seems unspeakably rude. Quebec is a tight-knit society. It calls itself a “nation”, and in the sense that it’s a nation it’s a...
View ArticleThe right question
If you think a journalist is asking the wrong question, don’t answer it – tell them what the right question is. a reader, paraphrasing Ed Yong, citing Tom Stafford (anonymous contributor gets a Planet...
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