Hi Ward and all other scientists,

Ward:
>I have had some discussions with a few people in the scientific world
>about the lack of willingness to put their knowledge and discoveries
>into plain language and write popularly so the average person with
>other interests can quickly understand the impact of scientific
>discoveries and knowledge in determining the technologies the world
>runs on that we ought to be more consciously taking a hand in deciding
>about. And frankly, they "just don't get it." I find that very
>frustrating, which is why I sometimes write these long treatises,
>because the science can be made very understandable if one just makes
>the effort.

It has always been my opinion that a scientist who is unable to express
himself in a way a layman can understand, suffers from some basic defi-
ciencies. (Express yourself! - Madonna ;-))
If one can talk about an issue only in scientific "chinese" my first
guess is, that those people aren't really understanding what they're
talking about.
Personally I've got no difficulties with expressing myself in a
popular way so that others can follow. And as we can see from your
posts, Ward, you aren't facing the problem either. Or am I too deep into
the science of evolution already and can't consider me a layman? :-)

Anyway, thanks for your detailed posts and the efforts you spent to
research them.

By the way: most physicians seem to be unable to leave their chinese.
If the patient asks: What's that disease called "lupus disseminatus",
most doctors start stuttering and don't bring out a useful answer.

Stuttering raw greetings,

Stefan

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