The problem with the person you're responding to, is that they are a layman. They think what they read in magazines or see on Facebook is science. Spending tim

The problem with the person you're responding to, is that they are a layman. They think what they read in magazines or see on Facebook is science. Spending time in academia and reading articles in a field you know something about makes it clear they are quite far from science. So when you said "publish science" you meant what shows up in academic journals, while when the other person said "publish science" they were thinking of an article written primarily for the purpose of engagement. The same idea probably wasn't being referenced. Sadly, it falls on academia's shoulders to understand this problem (that before a layman sees anything "sciency" it's filtered through people who need to get an emotional reaction to drive engagement, and that defines the public perception of science) and put the work into ameliorating it. Sadly, it's a conflict of interest that probably helps procuring funds.