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What do gorilla suits and blowfish fallacies have to do with climate change?

  • Written by John Cook, Research Assistant Professor, Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University
imagePardon me while I blow this out of proportion.Blowfish image via www.shutterstock.com.

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