Guest Thinkers — August 16, 2010

More on the Cal Tech Framing Science Seminar

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Chris Mooney has this Science Progress column up reviewing the seminar we conducted last week at Cal Tech. As he puts it, science needs a “paradigm sheep.” Read on, it all makes sense. Trust me.

In the meantime, we are looking to take the seminar on the road to other leading universities and research institutions. We hope to have announcements about some Fall dates and locations very soon.

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