{"id":7220,"date":"2010-11-30T03:00:14","date_gmt":"2010-11-30T08:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/?p=7220"},"modified":"2010-11-30T03:00:14","modified_gmt":"2010-11-30T08:00:14","slug":"science-talky-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/archives\/7220","title":{"rendered":"Science-Talky Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.douglas.qc.ca\/stateofmind\/2010\/09\/06\/scientific-communication\/\">Why effective scientific communication is crucial, and sometimes lacking<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Isn\u2019t it true, she asked, that it\u2019s better to appear \u2018formal\u2019 and intelligent in the eyes of the audience than to ensure that the audience understands clearly? I was surprised that she\u2019d asked this, but I was more surprised that other students in the audience were either in agreement with her or silent. In fact, the point this student made was the exact opposite of the truth. The first priority is conveying an understanding of the points involved. Overly florid writing may seem more formal, but it\u2019s also more pretentious, less clear, and much less accessible to the audience.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A reminder that what is obvious to one person is not obvious to another.  If your goal is to appear smart and intimidate people with your intelligence, then talking over their heads will probably accomplish that goal.  But that&#8217;s not such a great tactic if you wish to actually communicate.  It shouldn&#8217;t need to be pointed out, but there you go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why effective scientific communication is crucial, and sometimes lacking Isn\u2019t it true, she asked, that it\u2019s better to appear \u2018formal\u2019 and intelligent in the eyes of the audience than to ensure that the audience understands clearly? I was surprised that &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/archives\/7220\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7220\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}