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...while “pop science?? may be easier to read than research papers, these authors have found that the process of turning complicated scientific theories into digestible bits of popular science requires them to learn to write without jargon but also to avoid oversimplification. As the professors have learned, it is often difficult to strike the right balance between advancing science and popularizing...
Pinker said that he disdains the term “pop science,” insisting that he does “not water down the science?? and that the work that he produces for the public is serious...
Indeed, one of the reasons that Pinker takes issue with the term “pop science?? is that other terms that begin with the prefix—”pop music,” “pop culture”—have consumers that are not in the same demographic as his readers...
...presented the truly commendable and concrete effort that the city of Boston has made to “green” itself, and Faust’s, because she (albeit unintentionally) revealed just how much greening Harvard has yet to do. Boston was recently ranked third in Popular Science??s “America’s Greenest Cities” list, and the title is justified. Boston’s green campaign has been, and will continue to be, successful thanks to its concrete goals and quantitative benchmarks. Menino’s speech made this clear when...
...Science historically developed as a response to religious belief. However, the modern synthesis of the Science??incarnated with its high priests touting new social laws based on new research—comes dangerously close to the dogmatic and inflexible systems of belief that it originally replaced. Science needs to abandon its practice of prescribing advice for society and return to its root mission of exploring the mysteries of the universe. After all, the best human life cannot be discovered through peer-reviewed controlled tests; it can only be attempted through zeal, a bit of good luck...