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Michael Mann / Activist Scientist

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Michael Mann / Activist Scientist

Click above to listen to part 3 of Skeptic Check: Political Scientist, featuring Michael Mann, professor of atmospheric science, and Director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State University, describing what’s driven him, somewhat reluctantly, into the political domain.

Skeptic Check: Political Scientist:
Part 1: Robert Young / Bad Strategy
Part 2: Douglas Haynes / Science is Politics
Part 3: Michael Mann / Activist Scientist
Part 4: Shaughnessy Naugton / 314 Action
Part 5: Alex Berezow / A Centrist’s Concern

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