I'd like to add (at least) one more thing to the provocative thread
of the past few days: for those interested in how science
communicates with other sectors and affects practical outcomes, the
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies convened a
conference at the Aspen Institute a few years ago, entitled
"Americans and Climate Change: Closing the Gap between Science and
Action."
You can download the PDF of the conference report at http://
environment.yale.edu/climate/americans_and_climate_change.pdf
One of the key findings was that the way scientists tend to discuss
issues like certainty, and their dialectical method of taking
exception to perceived flaws in one another's work, has hampered our
ability to convey the urgency of the climate change situation and the
preponderance of (scientific) opinion and findings to the general
public and policy makers.
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