Mike the Mad Biologist on Chris Mooney

Posted on May 1st, 2008 by blue collar scientist

I’ve criticized Chris Mooney, Matt Nisbet, and the framists1 before (here, here, and here), returning again and again to the point that they have offered no constructive criticism or advice to me and others engaged in science communication.

My favorite blogger, Mike the Mad Biologist, has written an open letter to Mooney, and it’s a damn good one. One highlight:

Here’s the problem: you keep coming to evolutionary biologists with a problem (the perception of evolutionary biology), and you don’t have a solution. Do you think there’s a single evolutionary biologist who is happy with public opinion regarding evolution and creationism? But you’re not giving us concrete solutions.

It is worth reading the whole thing.

  1. I’ll be damned if I will call them framers - they’re nothing like as brilliant as the people who composed the Constitution. []

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One Response to “Mike the Mad Biologist on Chris Mooney”

  1. Blake Stacey Says:

    “Framists” is a better term than “framers”, hands down: it emphasizes that membership in the group depends on adherence to an ideology.

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