Michael Crichton appeared on Charlie Rose last night, for an hour of conversation in defense of his global warming skepticism. I have not seen it, and don’t think I’d be physically capable of sitting through the whole thing anyway. Michael Crowley found Crichton’s strained innocence about his political advocacy rather much to take. Over on Hugg, Linton live-blogged it and wasn’t a big fan. I’ll keep my eyes open for other reactions.

Here’s the video:

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