If I call you anti-science, which discourse might that be related to? The one on climate change, evolution, biotechnology, or vaccines? Because the term is flung around so freely, who can tell. That was the point I tried making with this recent post. More importantly, is slagging you as anti-science a constructive way to have a conversation? In fact, it's likely a conversation stopper. Such is the case with any term that has become politically loaded. Like "denier." I was reminded of this yet again via Andrew Revkin and a twitter exchange he had with some folks who cling to the "denier" usage in the climate debate. For a one-stop shop summation of the back-and-forth, along with some excellent commentary, read this post by Dan Kahan at his Cultural Cognition site.
Photograph courtesy of Splinter/Flickr Creative Commons. A reader there also left a comment with this astute observation:
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