{"id":531,"date":"2007-04-08T12:14:04","date_gmt":"2007-04-08T17:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/?p=531"},"modified":"2007-04-08T12:08:54","modified_gmt":"2007-04-08T17:08:54","slug":"ill-be-over-here-getting-my-sandwich-board-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/04\/08\/ill-be-over-here-getting-my-sandwich-board-ready\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;ll be over here getting my sandwich board ready"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/267333555\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/97\/267333555_d8d1300c0c_m.jpg?resize=240%2C160\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" alt=\"Science buzz!!!\" align='right' hspace='10' vspace='10' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPeeZed has <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/pharyngula\/2007\/04\/i_like_framing_less_and_less_w.php\">an excellent rant<\/a> about how shallow the bulk of our traditional news sources our, and how blaming scientists for being &#8220;bad communicators&#8221; is really the wrong end of the stick.  Huge numbers of scientists are <em>professional<\/em> communicators, and convey complex ideas to groups with varying backgrounds and interests several times a week.  Sure, there are examples of all the sad stereotypes just as there are in <em>any<\/em> large, complex group, but I&#8217;m surrounded by people who are <em>excellent<\/em> communicators, and there are many thousands more like them waiting to help people understand important, complex issues.<\/p>\n<p>But we get micro-second sound bites on FOX &#8220;news&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>And &#8220;American Idol&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Because someone, somewhere, thinks that&#8217;s what we want (or has a vested interest in helping us believe that&#8217;s what we want).<\/p>\n<p>The comment section has lots of discussion about how to make progress on this deeply thorny issue.  <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/pharyngula\/2007\/04\/i_like_framing_less_and_less_w.php#comment-396639\">One of the best ideas is from Olive<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nI think there&#8217;s should be a holiday where everyone walks around wearing a sign that says something like:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hi! I am A BIOLOGY PHD.<br \/>\nAsk me about EVOLUTION.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Everyone could participate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hi! I am A FIVE-YEAR-OLD.<br \/>\nAsk me about DINOSAURS.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hi! I am A CHEF.<br \/>\nAsk me about NON-STICK PANS.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hi! I am CARTOONIST.<br \/>\nAsk me about INTELLIGENT DESIGN.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And everyone would have to have conversations with anyone who asked them about their topic. I think it would be good for community, too. The nation could spend the day in coffee shops and bars.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I may have to make a few different signs, and change as the day goes on.  What to wear, what to wear&#8230;<\/p>\nNo tag for this post.\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li>No related posts.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PeeZed has an excellent rant about how shallow the bulk of our traditional news sources our, and how blaming scientists for being &#8220;bad communicators&#8221; is really the wrong end of the stick. Huge numbers of scientists are professional communicators, and convey complex ideas to groups with varying backgrounds and interests several times a week. Sure, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/04\/08\/ill-be-over-here-getting-my-sandwich-board-ready\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I&#8217;ll be over here getting my sandwich board ready&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[17,13,15],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-8z","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":538,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/04\/20\/greetings-from-mics-2007\/","url_meta":{"origin":531,"position":0},"title":"Greetings from MICS 2007","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"20 Apr 07","format":false,"excerpt":"We've arrived without incident in Grand Forks, ND, for MICS 2007. 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