Working feverishly on the bench, I’ve had little time to closely track the ongoing spat between Dawkins and Nisbet. Others have dissected this conflict and its ramifications in great detail. What I want to discuss is whether scientists can or should represent their fields to non-scientists.
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Athena Andreadis on 04/06 at 11:00 AM
Thanks, Russell! I still think that the title of the piece on my blog (Being Bitten to Death by Ducks) was catchier.
Richard, it's not easy indeed. But scientists must bear some of the responsibility for the prevailing climate. I wrote about this a while ago, and I will excerpt parts of the older essay as a companion piece to this one.
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