I’m not trying to open a can of worms here. Just providing an observation developed from my past year of employment. Last fall, I walked dogs and nannied two teenage girls from an affluent D.C. neighborhood while I finished my M.S. It was frustrating as hell on a regular basis, because I was dealing with … Continue reading →

Agnotology is the study of ignorance and how it's produced. For example, examining how misinformation can generate misconceptions about climate change. An interesting (and influential, at least in my case) paper on this topic is Agnotology as a teaching tool: Learning climate science by studying misinformation by Daniel Bedford, a professor at Weber State University, Utah. Bedford suggests how how examining and refuting misinformation is actually a powerful way to teach climate science, sharpen […]

If you missed it, the latest installment of #IsisVsTomasson went down last night. I couldn't watch it live, but I caught up with it this morning. We talked about the first installment two weeks ago, and this one is just as juicy. Tomasson makes a good straight guy foil for stimulating these discussions and the [...]

Some time ago I shared some of my thoughts on science communication, including the importance of learning “to approach issues …Continue reading »

I’ve remembered to label my Drosera capensis with italics.