Volume 4, Issue 1: Discerning experts: in the jungle of society and assessments
Discerning experts: in the jungle of society and assessments Michael Oppenheimer, Naomi Oreskes, Dale Jamieson, Keynin Brysee, Jessica O’Reilly, Matthew Shindell, and Milena Wazeck: Discerning Experts—The Practices of Scientific Assessment for Environmental Policy , 2019, pp. xv + 281. Paperback ISBN 978-0-226-60201-1. $ 38. Over the past two years, the practices of the scientific community have become more transparent, thanks to Facebook, newspapers, and (v)blogs: scientists have reported on the state of their research, their opinions, and daily predictions, and politicians on what they think about the scientific community. In the case of the latter, we have seen many things: from outright rejection to blaming and delegating responsibility to total devotion, pro-government and opposition politicians have viewed the work and opinions of scholars in many ways. Let us add that scientists have spoken at least as many times in non-scientific matters as political analysts about the