"If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself." — Albert Einstein I think there's no harm in encouraging scientists to be able

"If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself." — Albert Einstein I think there's no harm in encouraging scientists to be able to explain things in familiar terms, and break the massive disconnect between scientist-level discourse and the kind of "ZOMG Wifi kills trees" interpretations that come out in public discourse. Moreover, some scientists fail even to communicate effectively with other scientists. In many circles there is a culture of bad writing and incomprehensible jargon, even though these things are not prerequisites to effective scientific communication (quite the opposite.)