Ludwig, I do know how scientists interact with each other. Ideally, they are logic and evidence driven. In real life that is moderated by the fact we’re all human. I do think Dr. Alley did a fine job of explaining the issues.

However, that wasn’t really what I was talking about. The question is whether those on side of science-as-we-know-it wish to be effective in speaking to the public at large. “Many are too dumb to follow” may be true (or not), but I don’t think it will be helpful to just dismiss them. Don’t we want to speak to them in ways they can understand? To do that, I think we need to listen to what science deniers’ actual issues are-not the talking points, but the reason that average people without a science education don’t believe.