Scientific Discourse via the Legal System

I won’t try to capture all of the posts about the recent lawsuit against PZ Myers, author of the terrific Pharyngula blog on the ScienceBlogs network.  The short version is that an author, displeased by Myers’s writings about his book, has sued Myers for libel.  (Unless there’s something more than I’ve seen, it’s a silly case.) 

The best coverage I’ve seen has been at the essential SciAm blog, which also notes that all WordPress blogs have been blocked in Turkey.  The Myers story is well worth following, both as a libel case and as a blogging story.

–BC