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From: "Stuart, Ralph" <Ralph.Stuart**At_Symbol_Here**keene.edu>
Subject: [DCHAS-L] A Disease of Scienceyness: How misguided science fandom hurts actual scientists
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2015 19:32:19 +0000
Reply-To: DCHAS-L <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**MED.CORNELL.EDU>
Message-ID: 26BD31D8-029C-4B02-B071-EC65332B383B**At_Symbol_Here**keene.edu

Demystify: 

There's a very interesting article about the challenges of popular science at
https://medium.com/**At_Symbol_Here**writingben/a-disease-of-scienceyness-7b5571a34953

The author's ending includes:
....
Iâ??m not saying you have to read the original journal paper. Iâ??m not saying you have to understand all the technical jargon. Iâ??m saying that you need to take ten goddamn seconds to run a Google search and determine whether the story is legitimate, untrue, or just plain blown out of all proportion to the actual evidence.
....

I think this applies to a lot of chemical health and safety issues as well...

- Ralph

Ralph Stuart, CIH, CCHO
Chemical Hygiene Officer
Keene State College

ralph.stuart**At_Symbol_Here**keene.edu

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