2011-05-19, 03:24 AM
I said: Don't tell me about these reports until they're past Phase II. Well, they've now told us about the report, haven't they? So what's wrong with discussing it? You said: Don't tell them anything at all, as a response to me saying that the media should stop giving the public too much biased information leading to false hope. Tell me how you are being constructive.
The people who want to know more about all these stuff can go read the journals [and science blogs]. But there is a difference between raising the scientific awareness of the general public, and advertising, and knowing when AND what to tell them is difficult too. It's no different from telling the public about a new "Magic bullet" against ____ disorder - that's utter rubbish for us who know what's going on.
The scientific community cannot be totally isolated from the public, granted, but there's little need for additional media publicity. Especially when there are so many scientific blogs out there.
Hadriel
The people who want to know more about all these stuff can go read the journals [and science blogs]. But there is a difference between raising the scientific awareness of the general public, and advertising, and knowing when AND what to tell them is difficult too. It's no different from telling the public about a new "Magic bullet" against ____ disorder - that's utter rubbish for us who know what's going on.
The scientific community cannot be totally isolated from the public, granted, but there's little need for additional media publicity. Especially when there are so many scientific blogs out there.
Hadriel