Blog Action Day

Check out WAG's simple, yet quintessential message on his Blog Action Day post, aptly titled "The only thing you need to know about global warming"

On a slightly related note, Matt Nisbet gets a guest post on C&L to talk about getting the public involved. And how does he use his brief chance to reach a very large audience of progressive minded but non-scienceblogy audience? He takes a cheap swipe at Chris Mooney and PZ Meyers as part of a long running in-fight and rambles on in jargon filled scientific mumbo-jumbo about "dimensions of knowledge".

Hmm..."those who can't, teach"...?

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