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thundara · 3426 days ago · link · · parent · post: Hey Hubski, what are your thoughts on scientific illiteracy?
To add to what others have said here: I think it's definitely partially possible to apply general analytical thinking with some familiarity with a field and maybe it's gotcha's (We cured cancer in a petri dish!). Plenty of primary publications have been written for a scientific audience, and are often more proof / evidence / argument than theory. But if you want to answer "what do scientists think of this popular science topic" and see some of the logic behind it, you can definitely find people who can communicate towards a general audience. For more niche topics, I think a layman could make out the less-jargony literature, but it would take a bit of time investment, not just a matter of skimming the paper like it's a blog post.