Post AWrAsWFS9m7VnTvOpU by kathhayhoe@climatejustice.rocks
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 (DIR) Post #AWrAsWFS9m7VnTvOpU by kathhayhoe@climatejustice.rocks
       2023-06-19T17:19:19Z
       
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       "Why debating clearly established facts on which the vast majority of scientists and scientific literature agree - even if you're invited to do so on the Joe Rogan show - is a Very Bad Idea" by my colleague @andrewdessler.Andy speaks from his personal experience, responding to the harassment our fellow Texan Peter Hotez is receiving for refusing to "debate" vaccine dismissive and non-scientist Robert Kennedy Jr. https://theclimatebrink.substack.com/p/the-science-of-debate-a-reflection?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
       
 (DIR) Post #AWrAsX9SnWvIbC888G by JohnMashey@mstdn.social
       2023-06-19T17:45:50Z
       
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       @kathhayhoe @andrewdessler Agreed, and recall Eugenie Scott, longtime defender of evolutionary biology vs creationism at NCSE, and leader of effort to add defense of climate science (as NCSE started getting calls from high school teachers) coined phrase “Gish Gallop” (in 1994) as one of the reasons debate format Really Bad Idea:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_gallop