True, but also, people who are very good at research often aren’t charismatic or lack the communication skills to explain their results to laymen. That’s why, when Neil Degrasse Tyson gets interviewed, he’ll talk about everything from climate change to evolution; he’s not an interdisciplinary genius, but he’s charming and able to explain complex topics in simple terms.
Yeah, this is the reason even if ‘researchers don’t respect so and so because he’s a joke in the field’ is said about a person, I think they are connecting the ordinary people with science so it’s fine. Their job is not to innovate new frontiers of science, let them be the middleman so the ordinary folks aren’t left out. Just look at now, we have a lot of “researchers” high on their horse, while ordinary people are taken in by pseudoscience and even harmful theories.
True, but also, people who are very good at research often aren’t charismatic or lack the communication skills to explain their results to laymen. That’s why, when Neil Degrasse Tyson gets interviewed, he’ll talk about everything from climate change to evolution; he’s not an interdisciplinary genius, but he’s charming and able to explain complex topics in simple terms.
Yeah, this is the reason even if ‘researchers don’t respect so and so because he’s a joke in the field’ is said about a person, I think they are connecting the ordinary people with science so it’s fine. Their job is not to innovate new frontiers of science, let them be the middleman so the ordinary folks aren’t left out. Just look at now, we have a lot of “researchers” high on their horse, while ordinary people are taken in by pseudoscience and even harmful theories.