Category: Science Communication
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Whenever there is a day that’s a bit cold, I hear someone say “what happened to the climate change?” and “so much for the global warming”. This is because of the confusion between what is climate vs weather and how they relate to each other.
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So what if it had been global cooling instead? I think the response would have been vastly distant. It seems to me that people fear the cold a lot more than heat. Imagine if it had been called ‘global freezing’? Images of the ice ages, snowball earth, blizzards and snow might cross your mind.
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I have been thinking a lot about how science communication is done. I see people who are interested in science but they consider it “too hard” or “they just don’t get it”. But this doesn’t have to be the case. ”The ultimate test of your knowledge is your capacity to convey it to another” -Richard…