Mooney's visit. My overall reaction was interesting, but disapointing. I would imagine the main reason for the cursory and otherwise thin on substance presentation is that he wanted to introduce the book and get people to buy the book where, as every review I have read, he goes into great detail about this war on science. Essentially it was a speech for the true believers and those "in the know" which seems to be a wasted opportunity to truly educate people on these issues.

Behind me a couple of young guys would comment "I don't get it" after every joke. And I imagine much of the audience who was not scietifically or politically astute to be parroting the same idea. Evidence in the presentation was lacking, which is a shame because many, myself included, wanted to hear the case.

The timing by Darksyde at Dailkos is impeccable -- he highlights a few things that I thought Mooney would explore.

Tristero has this and an optimistic assessement of what it might mean for the evolution "debate".

Here are a few reactions/responses to Mooney's book.