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Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @UNC professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter is @insight: http://www.theinsight.org 

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    1. Hank Green‏Verified account @hankgreen 22 Dec 2020

      Hank Green Retweeted zeynep tufekci

      This thread turns out to have found a place in an ongoing discussion in the SciComm world. Here are two takes that resonated with me. First from @zeynephttps://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1341235643276554240 …

      Hank Green added,

      zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
      Replying to @trvrb @mpershan and 2 others
      Yes and yes. I’ve been trying to tell people that the message out there has become “it won’t stop you from transmitting” instead of “it probably will, maybe even a lot, but we’re waiting for more data to be sure” and.. getting disbelieved that’s the message out there. But it is!
      3 replies 20 retweets 739 likes
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    2. Hank Green‏Verified account @hankgreen 22 Dec 2020

      Hank Green Retweeted Gavin Schmidt

      Second from @ClimateOfGavin who, being in climate communication, has seen this all before.https://twitter.com/ClimateOfGavin/status/1341268597776244736 …

      Hank Green added,

      Gavin SchmidtVerified account @ClimateOfGavin
      Replying to @zeynep @trvrb and 3 others
      This is a great example of experts and public having very different priors (one informed, one not), such that the same statement on uncertainty gives rise to totally different conclusions.
      3 replies 14 retweets 631 likes
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    3. Hank Green‏Verified account @hankgreen 22 Dec 2020

      But I also think some people are worried about giving people any excuse to not wear masks. So it’s also a question of what the job is. Is the priority to spread the most accurate information possible? Or is it to increase compliance with CDC guidelines. I honestly don’t know.

      11 replies 21 retweets 749 likes
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    4. Hank Green‏Verified account @hankgreen 22 Dec 2020

      But I do think that going with @zeynep’s “it probably will, but we’re waiting for more information” language prevents the misunderstanding we’re in now, is more accurate than “we don’t know”, and hopefully communicates the need for caution.

      12 replies 19 retweets 770 likes
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    5. Hank Green‏Verified account @hankgreen 22 Dec 2020

      And also, it lets us avoid yet another “OH SO THEYRE CHANGING THEIR MINDS AGAIN” moment that I honestly think is undermining people’s faith in science.

      9 replies 18 retweets 1,290 likes
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    6. Hank Green‏Verified account @hankgreen 22 Dec 2020

      My instinct is to say, “this isn’t my fault, people should get that uncertainty is normal and also probably temporary” but my job is to communicate science, so that thought is ultimately destructive to the whole endeavor.

      30 replies 24 retweets 1,126 likes
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    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 22 Dec 2020
      Replying to @hankgreen

      I think not communicating information, but communicating messaging that we think will optimize for behavior has actually been detrimental to optimizing for behavior. Complex but: we alone don’t control the public sphere, and if we don’t trust people, they don’t trust us back.

      1 reply 15 retweets 124 likes
    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 22 Dec 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @hankgreen

      So over emphasizing the caveats plus a faux “we don’t know” has given antivaxxers a talking point, one that I have seen spread beyond anti-vaxxers, that a vaccine that is in reality remarkable beyond anything we had hoped for is kinda weak and even pointless. Incredible own goal.

      3 replies 1 retweet 50 likes
    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 22 Dec 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @hankgreen

      I think we focused too much on admonishing the public instead of trusting and empowering them with the nuance, the uncertainty and the complexity. Sometimes people think I’m blaming the scientists or the public health professionals. Recognizing reality is how it gets better.

      3 replies 4 retweets 58 likes
    10. Julia Marcus, PhD, MPH‏Verified account @JuliaLMarcus 22 Dec 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @hankgreen

      Nuance is not always easy to communicate, but oversimplification often backfires, especially when it's rooted in the assumption that the public is just waiting for an excuse to act irresponsibly.

      6 replies 18 retweets 139 likes
      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 22 Dec 2020
      Replying to @JuliaLMarcus @hankgreen

      That’s exactly right. It backfires.

      8:26 AM - 22 Dec 2020
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        1. John Drazan‏ @Sports2STEM 22 Dec 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @JuliaLMarcus @hankgreen

          We need to make the process of science more accessible to the public moving forward so that experts and the public have more common ground. Carl Sagan has a great quote in "The Demon-Haunted World"pic.twitter.com/Mdxx99RWE3

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