Not exact matches
Scott: Well, we
talked about this a lot and we've been working with the scientific societies and education societies that we work with, but we also work with the celebrities community and so we have a kind of a broader range of folks that we interact with than most
science co-organizations because, you know, National Center for Science Education is this very odd hybrid of an activist organization, but still a scholarly organization at the same t
science co-organizations because, you know, National Center for
Science Education is this very odd hybrid of an activist organization, but still a scholarly organization at the same t
Science Education is this very odd hybrid of an
activist organization, but still a scholarly organization at the same time so.
Highlights this spring will include a discussion
about how hip hop culture can offer teaching and learning tools in
science with Assistant Columbia University Professor Christopher Emdin; a conversation with Spelman College President Beverly Daniel Tatum; a presentation by filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan on his research on closing America's achievement gap; and a
talk with autism
activist Temple Grandin.
Neither Gelbspan nor anyone repeating his accusation ever proved the money trail led to an industry directive to lie
about global warming
science; none of them have proved skeptic climate scientists were instructed to mimic tobacco industry tactics; journalists have demonstrably not offered overall fair balance in to skeptic climate scientists; the «wedge» being driven is one arguably pounded by enviro -
activists who push the «skeptics don't deserve fair media balance»
talking point; and Gelbspan was not the first one to bring up this
talking point.
ATTP, I think don't you understand that your kind of
talk is similar in style to the hard core climate
activists that go after the throats of anyone asking any questions
about the
science in order to drive policy (or is policy driving the
science).
When I suggest we have a polar opposite situation here, enviro -
activists appearing to be doing all the racketeering to keep their cause alive in the face of withering
science - based criticism, this sort of thing is what I'm
talking about — Newsweek «s Sharon Begley practically yelling
about the need to stop skeptic climate scientists in their tracks, and less than three years later, Dr Schneider telling policy analysts and media experts at a major symposium exactly how such critics can be marginalized.
Activists, politicians, and journalists love to play the «
science says» game when
talking about global warming.