“What I see is people rejecting reality, and opting more for a reality show...And that to me is frightening.” Where have most scientists been? Science denialist disinformation works, and too many ivory tower scientists look down on #scicomm.https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03120-8 …
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Exactly. It's hard to get past the fact that most people don't think like scientists. I get it that
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And then there's this.https://twitter.com/jonathanstea/status/1324183620634861568?s=20 …
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Everyone BELIEVES that they, personally, value info and evidence and other people value emotion/identity. I'm not even sure scientists are less likely to value evidence over emotion, in fields not their own. I'm not even sure there's a strict binary.
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There's nothing wrong with emotions, anyway. Evidence without emotional reaction is dead.
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I used to work in Comms, and decided that the last thing you want to do is give a mic to a scientist or engineer. They are useless comms-wise. Some are good, and get it, but most of them just don't.
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I'm a scientist that has done a lot of comms, and have also trained others. The key is careful evaluation and training. You don't just hand them a mic or put them on a call--or anyone for that matter. Even comms professionals vary in their acumen for live interview.
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Agreed. But the other issue is that many public-facing scientists use mockery and disdain (including you) from an elitist and sometimes even authoritarian perspective. Bashing someone's character is not going to elicit dialogue, just more confrontation.
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