Tragedy of the science-communication commons

Shecky R: <a href='http://blog.oup.com/2013/05/science-communication-statistics/#comment-428947' title='View the entire comment by Shecky R'>Maybe I'm misconstruing you, but several points seem off-the-mark: 1) Science and science
Allan: <a href='http://blog.oup.com/2013/05/getting-to-the-heart-of-poetry/#comment-428466' title='View the entire comment by Allan'>Kaiti, listening to your Sir Gawain piece was one of the highlights
Dianne Murray: <a href='http://blog.oup.com/2013/05/people-computer-science-quiz/#comment-427562' title='View the entire comment by Dianne Murray'>'Fathers and mothers'? A single question on Grace Hopper and the bug
Tom: <a href='http://blog.oup.com/2013/05/people-computer-science-quiz/#comment-427297' title='View the entire comment by Tom'>Glad to see my random access memory is functioning well.

By Andrew Gelman
There’s a prevailing notion that communicating science is difficult, and it is therefore difficult to engage the general public. People can be fazed by statistics in particular, so how can we convey the importance of this science effectively? read more »

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