If you weren't at my #aps17bos talk, or even if you were, take a look at slides on benefits of twitter and scicomm
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My point was that we want to *not* be distant from the general public, hence the 'beyond' part
It implies we are. I posit we aren't.
Interesting conversation. I wonder how you three perceive measurement of scientific "impact"?
To me "ivory tower" implies researchers/thinkers who are not concerned about immediate impact
Do you think it's negative? Do you think the lay audience might see it as a blanket statement?
I do think it's negative, but I also think we as academics can do much more to clarify why basic work is important
I think the fact you can get paid upwards of 1k per day for consulting, in *some* sense means we're pretty valued by the invisible hand. 
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