Lawrence Krauss Discussion (12/12) - Richard Dawkins
See more at http://RichardDawkins.net Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss sat down for a public discussion at Stanford University on Sunday, March 9th ...
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[Richard Dawkins] I think that is unfair. I don't think that scientist as a group are bad communicators. I think there are good communicators and bad communicators in any field. I do think that the scientific establishment should recognize communication skills as a virtue. It is said, I don't know with what truth, that Carl Sagan was denied fellowship in the National Academy of Sciences because other scientists were jealous of his success as a communicator. I hope that's not true. But if it is, that would be an indication of what could possible be wrong. It may be that in the scientific culture there is value, prestige, kudos, given to number of papers published in Nature and Science rather than say books selling well to the general public. So there is a prestige mismatch bet...
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[Richard Dawkins] I think that is unfair. I don't think that scientist as a group are bad communicators. I think there are good communicators and bad communicators in any field. I do think that the scientific establishment should recognize communication skills as a virtue. It is said, I don't know with what truth, that Carl Sagan was denied fellowship in the National Academy of Sciences because other scientists were jealous of his success as a communicator. I hope that's not true. But if it is, that would be an indication of what could possible be wrong. It may be that in the scientific culture there is value, prestige, kudos, given to number of papers published in Nature and Science rather than say books selling well to the general public. So there is a prestige mismatch bet...
