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What do you mean "grabbing and shouting"? Thanks for answering questions about your fascinating trip.

You seem to be doing a great job striking a balance with your responses. And thanks for that comment, that seems like a great approach to the uncertainties of the world. I look forward to reading your book. I just looked at the first few pages on that free chapter you posted, mmmm.... references.... sweet sweet references...

How do you deal with questions about this topic in "social" situations where you don't have time to address the complexity and nuance, but you still want to be accurate and semi-complete with your answer? I happen to have a PhD in nuclear engineering, and I get tired of dealing with questions like "is nuclear power safe?" and "what about the waste?" I can either give short but unsatisfying answers like "basically yes" or "solutions exist", or I can bore them to death with a lecture on modern safety practices, deep geological waste repository designs, etc.

Secondly, now that you see how misrepresented this subject is in the media, how do you come to terms with trusting the media on other complex topics? This is something I have struggled with, as the more I know about a topic the more disappointed I am by the media's coverage of it, which makes me worry about its coverage in a more general sense... at the very least in any sort of technical or scientific domain.