Jack Stilgoe
Senior Researcher
Jack Stilgoe works on science and technology projects and specialises in issues of science, society and public engagement.
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- The Received Wisdom The politics of expertise are changing. Over the last two decades, scientists and politicians have been buffeted by public controversies involving science. Heated debates, such as those around BSE and the MMR vaccine, have destabilised the old model of ‘science speaking truth to power.’ from : mollywebb 8th November 2006
- Inconvenient uncertainties Finally caught the Channel 4 climate change debunking last night. Smelt bad from the start and the stink only got worse. But a fascinating deconstruction (someone French once called this "blowing up in slow motion"). It showed that the current winners ("swindlers") of the climate change debate have a fragile position. The evidence is massively in their favour, but they're just not as good at talking about uncertainty as their Exxon-funded chums, who argue through polished... from : jackstilgoe 13th March 2007