Comments on: Scientists and the Public http://www.sciencelifeny.com/2009/07/14/scientists-and-the-public/ city as laboratory Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Facebook User http://www.sciencelifeny.com/2009/07/14/scientists-and-the-public/#comment-157 Facebook User Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:47:29 +0000 http://www.sciencelifeny.com/?p=2623#comment-157 Also, i dont know if you read PZ Meyers, but he is having lots of fun reviewing their book. Mooney and Kirshenbaum have an enjoyable blog: <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/</a> Also, i dont know if you read PZ Meyers, but he is having lots of fun reviewing their book. Mooney and Kirshenbaum have an enjoyable blog: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/

]]> By: Facebook User http://www.sciencelifeny.com/2009/07/14/scientists-and-the-public/#comment-158 Facebook User Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:14:00 +0000 http://www.sciencelifeny.com/?p=2623#comment-158 These articles are all over my twitter feed today. Bloggers and authors, Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum, have a new book called Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future, and they have been making the rounds all over the place. They have a good article in salon out today, you will enjoy. <br><br><a href="http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/13/science_illiteracy/" rel="nofollow">http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/13/sci...</a><br><br>Not all the fault for the gap can rest with scientists, but they sure are complicit. The life of a PhD and wonderful institutions like NYU is an insular one. I am afraid that Scientists are convinced that the only people that want to listen about their work are colleagues. I wish your alma mater and my current employer would do more to engage the public, like having students present basic posters to elected officials, or have conferences for science teachers. A better relationship between teachers and scientists would bear many fruits.<br><br>It's way past counter-productive to call people idiots anymore. We have to do something more, These articles are all over my twitter feed today. Bloggers and authors, Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum, have a new book called Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future, and they have been making the rounds all over the place. They have a good article in salon out today, you will enjoy.

http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/13/sci…

Not all the fault for the gap can rest with scientists, but they sure are complicit. The life of a PhD and wonderful institutions like NYU is an insular one. I am afraid that Scientists are convinced that the only people that want to listen about their work are colleagues. I wish your alma mater and my current employer would do more to engage the public, like having students present basic posters to elected officials, or have conferences for science teachers. A better relationship between teachers and scientists would bear many fruits.

It's way past counter-productive to call people idiots anymore. We have to do something more,

]]> By: Facebook User http://www.sciencelifeny.com/2009/07/14/scientists-and-the-public/#comment-86 Facebook User Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:47:29 +0000 http://www.sciencelifeny.com/?p=2623#comment-86 Also, i dont know if you read PZ Meyers, but he is having lots of fun reviewing their book. Mooney and Kirshenbaum have an enjoyable blog: <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/</a> Also, i dont know if you read PZ Meyers, but he is having lots of fun reviewing their book. Mooney and Kirshenbaum have an enjoyable blog: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/

]]> By: Facebook User http://www.sciencelifeny.com/2009/07/14/scientists-and-the-public/#comment-84 Facebook User Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:14:00 +0000 http://www.sciencelifeny.com/?p=2623#comment-84 These articles are all over my twitter feed today. Bloggers and authors, Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum, have a new book called Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future, and they have been making the rounds all over the place. They have a good article in salon out today, you will enjoy. <br><br><a href="http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/13/science_illiteracy/" rel="nofollow">http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/13/sci...</a><br><br>Not all the fault for the gap can rest with scientists, but they sure are complicit. The life of a PhD and wonderful institutions like NYU is an insular one. I am afraid that Scientists are convinced that the only people that want to listen about their work are colleagues. I wish your alma mater and my current employer would do more to engage the public, like having students present basic posters to elected officials, or have conferences for science teachers. A better relationship between teachers and scientists would bear many fruits.<br><br>It's way past counter-productive to call people idiots anymore. We have to do something more, These articles are all over my twitter feed today. Bloggers and authors, Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum, have a new book called Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future, and they have been making the rounds all over the place. They have a good article in salon out today, you will enjoy.

http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/13/sci…

Not all the fault for the gap can rest with scientists, but they sure are complicit. The life of a PhD and wonderful institutions like NYU is an insular one. I am afraid that Scientists are convinced that the only people that want to listen about their work are colleagues. I wish your alma mater and my current employer would do more to engage the public, like having students present basic posters to elected officials, or have conferences for science teachers. A better relationship between teachers and scientists would bear many fruits.

It's way past counter-productive to call people idiots anymore. We have to do something more,

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