06-27-2024, 08:29 PM
Thus, the actual flaw, or disconnect, isn't in the state of knowledge, but instead, it's in the manner in which it is disseminated.
Books full of theories are all fine and well, but if you present that your knowledge is 'definitive' or your finding, "incontrovertible" you can expect an eventual spanking as the state of the field grows in scope. Mind you, I find that kind of scientific journalism to be rare - even in the ancient past... but no so it's marketing - especially now.
In fact some of the collateral (and incidental) 'media' surrounding scientific information is practically criminal in the way it is presented (and in the inferences and suggestions that make up the production.)
Perhaps most discouraging of all is the "scientist can't be trusted" crowd. But, I simply point to a relatively educated information consumer to realize that while some things are reported to reach the aim of expanding common knowledge, other things are meant to 'sell' (directly, or indirectly,) something else.
More people need to learn rhetoric... (and others need to learn not to "sort of" lie.) The information-world might be better off.
Books full of theories are all fine and well, but if you present that your knowledge is 'definitive' or your finding, "incontrovertible" you can expect an eventual spanking as the state of the field grows in scope. Mind you, I find that kind of scientific journalism to be rare - even in the ancient past... but no so it's marketing - especially now.
In fact some of the collateral (and incidental) 'media' surrounding scientific information is practically criminal in the way it is presented (and in the inferences and suggestions that make up the production.)
Perhaps most discouraging of all is the "scientist can't be trusted" crowd. But, I simply point to a relatively educated information consumer to realize that while some things are reported to reach the aim of expanding common knowledge, other things are meant to 'sell' (directly, or indirectly,) something else.
More people need to learn rhetoric... (and others need to learn not to "sort of" lie.) The information-world might be better off.
