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> Finding someone qualified to go to for comment is not straightforward. Not straightforward for the university press department? What could be more straightf
by robonerd 4y ago
> Finding someone qualified to go to for comment is not straightforward.
Not straightforward for the university press department? What could be more straightforward? Tell the university press writers to go talk to the university researchers they're writing about. If the researchers refuse to cooperate, then don't write the press release!
- physicsguy 4y agoNo, as in - even if you don’t want to take the scientist’s word for it, finding someone who is able to make an informed comment about whether the work is actually any good or not is really hard.
- wrycoder 4y agoHeh - ask another faculty member.
- physicsguy 4y ago... they're not independent from the researcher in that case.
- wrycoder 4y agoYeah, they may be competitors in the department :=/