In his summary of Climategate in Time Magazine, Bryan Walsh naively and unrealistically calls for the public– including the media– to learn to think like scientists, warning that “unless the public’s scientific literacy is improved, science itself risks becoming a political debate, like everything else today, with no room for objective data or authority.” But what does it mean to “think like a scientist” when its seems scientists don’t necessarily think in sync and climate science in particular has become polarizing and politicized? Continue reading →