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  1. Nov 2023
  2. fs.blog fs.blog
    Alexander von Humboldt and the Invention of Nature: Creating a Holistic View of the World Through A Web of Interdisciplinary Knowledge
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    1. chrisaldrich 08 Nov 2023
      Cosmos was unlike any previous book about nature. Humboldt took his readers on a journey from outer space to earth, and then from the surface of the planet into its inner core.

      Could Alexander von Humboldt have been one of the early examples of a popular science writer?

      Perhaps an early David Attenborough?

      Alexander von Humboldt popular science science history of science David Attenborough
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  3. Jul 2023
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    The Great Conversation: The Substance of a Liberal Education
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    1. chrisaldrich 14 Jul 2023
      As ScottBuchanan has said, "Popular science has made every manhis own quack; he needs some of the doctor's medicine."
      quotes Scott Buchanan medicine popular science

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  5. Jan 2022
  6. english.elpais.com english.elpais.com
    A Spanish data scientist’s strategy to win 99% of the time at Wordle
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    1. chrisaldrich 24 Jan 2022

      https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2022-01-14/a-spanish-data-scientists-strategy-to-win-99-of-the-time-at-wordle.html

      Story of a scientist trying to optimize for solutions of Wordle.

      Nothing brilliant here. Depressing that the story creates a mythology around algorithms as the solution rather than delving in a bit into the math and science of information theory to explain why this solution is the correct one.

      Desperately missing from the discussion are second and third order words that would make useful guesses to further reduce the solution space for actual readers.

      read Wordle information theory popular science communication science communication
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  7. Nov 2021
  8. www.menshealth.com www.menshealth.com
    The Golden Age of Junk Science Is Killing Us
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    1. lucyparfitt16 08 Nov 2021

      Caulfield, T. (2021, October 18). The Golden Age of Junk Science Is Killing Us. Men’s Health. https://www.menshealth.com/health/a37910261/how-junk-science-and-misinformation-hurt-us/

      is:webpage lang:en misinformation COVID-19 vaccine social media infodemic pseudoscience wellness vaccine-safety conspiracy theory vaccine hesitancy health wellbeing science trust scientific community news popular culture stigma discrimination policy negativity bias media fake news ideology worldview
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  9. Sep 2021
  10. theconversation.com theconversation.com
    Mixing science and art to make the truth more interesting than lies
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    1. lucyparfitt16 28 Sep 2021

      Mixing science and art to make the truth more interesting than lies. (n.d.). Retrieved September 28, 2021, from https://theconversation.com/mixing-science-and-art-to-make-the-truth-more-interesting-than-lies-100221?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton

      is:blog lang:en science art science communication misinformation popular culture pseudoscience celebrity myth social media conspiracy theories health myth vaccination rate transmission vaccine trust personal identity cognitive bias psychology behavioral science
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