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Scientists and social power
They've got it, they shouldn't be ashamed of using it |
David Roberts |
13 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| In a previous post, I argued that the public doesn't particularly need a sophisticated scientific understanding of climate change (or evolution, or stem cells) in order to make the right basic policy decisions. A rudimentary understanding, deliverable and understandable by a layman, is perfectly sufficient. We're warming the climate? It's gonna hurt us? Let's stop. Bada-bing, bada-boom. Given this, and given the fact that such rudimentary explanations of the science ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate science, environmental movement, green living, messaging, politics (all these topics) |
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