And being in touch with daily life. From working with tech companies, to the government. And from contributing to non science communities...
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Just by virtue of being active on Twitter you are already not siloed (is that a word??) Which was his point.
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I don't think the reason I'm not siloed is because I'm active on twitter. And I don't agree that if I didn't use social media I'm siloed.
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I didn't say that. That's reversing what I said!
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Logical fallacy...I said Twitter -> not siloed, not no Twitter -> siloed
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OK, thanks for clarifying. Language isn't formal logic.
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This brings me back to using "Ivory tower" to mean academic life. I disagree with this phrase. I think it's not representative of our work.
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All I know is personally, I was most certainly ivory towered until
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And I know I am not. And neither is my partner.
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I think perhaps other scientists aren't too. I am not going to speak for everybody. But to me ivory tower is anti-intellectualism.
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The phrase is typical of anti-expert agenda of the right wing. Especially seen during brexit propaganda, climate denial, etc.
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That's fair, but also worth considering the venue of the talk and the target audience, was presented at a research conference to academics
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