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Tag Archives: Public engagement
Take your lumps and forcefully engage the public back
John Russell highlighted, on Twitter, an article about why Americans have come to worship their own ignorance and suggested that I might particular like the end bit. The article was really an interview and one of the final question elicited … Continue reading
Posted in Pseudoscience, Research, Scientists, The scientific method
Tagged Public engagement, Science communication, Tom Nichols
21 Comments
If someone says “deficit model thinking” again I’ll…..
There can be a tendency, often amongst social scientists, to accuse scientists of deficit model thinking. The suggestion is that there are scientists who think hostility to science, or a lack of trust in science, is because of a lack … Continue reading
Effective Science communication?
I came across a post by Jon Tennant called science, echo chambers, and why facts are never enough. The basic idea is that people don’t really use science in rational ways, that publicly scientists can often end up mainly occupying … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, ClimateBall, Global warming, Research, Science
Tagged Brian Schmidt, Ironic, Jon Tennant, Malcolm Roberts, Prat, Public engagement, Science communication
127 Comments
A public engagement problem?
One of the themes on this blog has been to try and get the message across that global warming is fundamentally about energy, not simply about global surface temperatures. Even though surface temperatures appear to have been flat for the … Continue reading
