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I think people can easily be engaged by complex, messy topics. You just need a scientist who's a decent writer to try. Scientists, academics as a whole aren't t
by Sakos 3y ago
I think people can easily be engaged by complex, messy topics. You just need a scientist who's a decent writer to try. Scientists, academics as a whole aren't trying.
- rcxdude 3y agoThis is only tangentally related to this discussion, but this youtube video about science communication (through the lens of 'what killed the dinosaurs?') I found quite interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DHgkMYgp7w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DHgkMYgp7w . Science communication is hard, and it's not that unusual for scientists to market their ideas to the public, but it's still difficult even then for the public to get a good idea of the academic view.