I approve of reaching out, but you make an important point. And remember that the best known scientist of the late twentieth century so far as the American public is concerned was denied tenure at Harvard, though his "billions and billions" of stars became known to everyone.
mcneely ---- William Silvert <[email protected]> wrote: > I think that this discussion has overlooked the fact that there is a lot of > hostility to science and scientists who reach out are likely to get their > knuckles wrapped. Remember Sen. William Proxmire and his Golden Fleece > awards? Politicians and journalists love to pounce on scientists. > > Working on biological control? Reproductive strategies might get by, but sex > lives of wasps? No way! > > Bill Silvert > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alison Lipman" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: quinta-feira, 7 de Abril de 2011 22:56 > Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Disseminating scientific thought to the general > public: are scientists making science readily accessible? > > > > Many scientists try to make their findings available to the public, but > > they > > largely fail in doing so. Why? Because they mostly publish in scientific > > journals, and when they do approach the real public they don't know how to > > leave scientific jargon behind and speak in "normal speak." They (we) > > don't > > know how to filter what is interesting to the average person, from what is > > only interesting to us. -- David McNeely
