Abstract

Conveying Discovery to a Broad Audience.

Highlights

  • I have numerous examples of misunderstandings with my own family

  • Are we all the evil mad scientists portrayed in the movies? When did “trust in scientists” become a political issue? How do we break down the walls and earn that trust back? How can the public trust scientists when they cannot understand us?

  • What led me down each new trail in my career path was discovery: figuring out which chemicals I could mix together without making a mess in my brother’s room; learning about the complexity of biochemical pathways and their regulation; hearing about the intricacy of parasitic life cycles

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Introduction

I have numerous examples of misunderstandings with my own family. I grew up on a farm in Minnesota. OPEN ACCESS Citation: Knoll LJ (2016) Conveying Discovery to a Broad Audience. These miracle innovations are not certainties like the software update, so our current emphasis on outcomes-based science is bound to disappoint the public. Not delivering on our promises is just one of the many reasons why the public does not trust scientists.

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