Daily Archives: 25 May 2011

How not to impress — using a measure intended to be eye-opening, which, if considered in the global context, is comparatively unimpressive when taken by itself — the problem of accurately communicating science 0

“Why is this comment pertinent to anything we care about, Pete?” It is easy to miscommunicate science and medicine.  Especially, since our media-dominated culture puts a premium on sensationalizing everything.  That’s bad in an already science-averse culture. Attention-getting exaggeration poses difficulty for science-related reporting because science and medicine plod.  Discoveries that justify breathlessness are exceedingly [...]