A couple months ago, a young researcher named Emily Harari reached out to me about my views about the scientific consensus on climate change. She raised some interesting questions I hadn’t commented publicly on, so I agreed to do the interview if we could share it with my listeners.

This week’s Power Hour features that interview.

Some of the topics we cover are:

• The legitimate and illegitimate view of consensus

• How to learn the actual state of consensus

• The National Climate Assessment

• How consensus statements often misrepresent the state of consensus

• The role of the media in distorting science

• How transparent should consensus discussions be

• The obligation of scientists to stand up to false consensus statements