Several weeks ago, in a post at the Yale Forum on Climate Change & the Media, I said that Chris Mooney’s “new book argues that Republicans are genetically wired to be anti-science.” In an email to me, Chris asserted that this characterization “misrepresented” his book, which is called “The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They…Continue Reading…
It’s fascinating when someone gets so smitten with a theory that explains EVERYTHING. Lately, Chris Mooney can’t stop purring about “motivated reasoning,” which he discusses at length in this article. It’s even given him insight into his own behavior: Blogs”“and blog commenting”“allow us to respond even more rapidly (without calm reflection) and emotionally (without editorial…Continue Reading…
What world is Chris Mooney living in? In his latest attempt to spin the Matthew Nisbet report into something it’s not, Mooney is pleased to announce that this Miller-McCune “story came out quite well,” which extensively quotes him. Well, I think the story on Nisbet’s report was fair and turned out quite well, too. How about…Continue Reading…
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