I’m Suspicious of Stories

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Any re-telling involves directing attention and being sensitive to what the audience knows, expects, and can understand.—Updated on 2024-01-21 08:53:32—Group:Public
Elements added to a story to make it the kind of story that people want to hear also tend to play an outsized role in our memory.—Updated on 2024-01-21 08:54:28—Group:Public
The primary work of science communicators should not be to present a fully wrapped gift to the public. Rather, it’s to give the public something to chew on–to complicate the world a little. Often it’s the things that don’t fit that are interesting–the deviations from what’s expected. More than anything, the primary work of science communicators should be to not make random stuff up because it sounds good.—Updated on 2024-01-21 08:54:59—Group:Public #to-process

Any re-telling involves directing attention and being sensitive to what the audience knows, expects, and can understand. — Updated on 2024-01-21 08:53:32
Elements added to a story to make it the kind of story that people want to hear also tend to play an outsized role in our memory. — Updated on 2024-01-21 08:54:28
The primary work of science communicators should not be to present a fully wrapped gift to the public. Rather, it’s to give the public something to chew on – to complicate the world a little. Often it’s the things that don’t fit that are interesting – the deviations from what’s expected. More than anything, the primary work of science communicators should be to not make random stuff up because it sounds good. — Updated on 2024-01-21 08:54:59