Posted on 04/05/2025 7:00:24 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Scientists primarily publish their work in academic journals, where writing is expected to be technical, objective and dispassionate -- making it unlikely to appeal to, or be easily understood by non-experts.
The researchers -- from the University of Exeter -- argue for science "translated into stories," with benefits both for science and wider society.
They suggest ways that scientists can tell powerful, passionate stories without compromising the objectivity of science.
"As environmental scientists ourselves, we feel frustration, a sense of loss, fear and sometimes helplessness at the lack of action to protect the planet," said Professor Karen Anderson, from the Environment and Sustainability Institute on Exeter's Penryn Campus in Cornwall.
"But researchers are expected to be rational -- not emotional -- for fear of being seen as less objective and trustworthy.
"This prevents scientists from using their knowledge, passion and creative skills to fully communicate the work."
"Humans are inspired by stories. By telling better stories, scientists can help inspire meaningful action to protect ourselves by protecting our environment and the planet."
Professor Anderson concluded: "There is plenty of other academic work that advocates for scientific storytelling.
"The problem is that these other pieces don't demonstrate how this can be done.
"Our piece tries to showcase different ways that scientists can experiment with more creative communication methods.
"We understand that it might feel strange to do this, but we hope that other scientists are willing to give this a try.
"It's the start of a different type of experiment -- an experiment with stories."
(Excerpt) Read more at sciencedaily.com ...
Hollywood and Academia have been doing that job forever.
Everyone wants to hear the love stories about transgender mice scientists have dissected.
Lol.
Translation: Climate ag3ndists are losing the narrative, so they need bs artists to help deceive the public
What I learned from Science is that big bad wolves can huff and puff quite effectively, although this ability can by mitigated through advanced building techniques using bricks.
Lies dressed in enticing tales. That is what is ‘needed’.
Well there is no “climate crises” no need to read beyond the headline.
In other words, making stuff up.
They assume that we’re too stupid to read and understand a scientific journal.
We’re not.
Their contempt is showing, they are desperate.
science "translated into stories,"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Hideous_Strength "Part of a series on Human enhancement"
("Tell me you've never read the book, without saying anything.")
Hire drag queens to read climate stories to the dummies.
A call for more scientific fibbing.
Be sure the stories include hockey sticks - people like stories with hockey sticks. Plus there can be good money in stories with hockey sticks, if you have the right lawyers and are good at venue shopping. Just try not to make up any stories when you’re under oath..
Randall Carlson and others tell the story of the long term climate and tell the story of ancient civilizations and their ups and downs due to natural climate change. Even in the not so distance past in Europe, the Spanish built Cathedrals in warm spells(times of abundance) and stopped during the mini ice age because they were too busy surviving.
This is reason number 5,284 to ignore anything from “Science Daily.”
It is my observation that they have been “storytelling” about these things since the early Sixties.
the best (and only) real story science has to offer is when the hypothesis has not been supported by experiments designed to disprove it, sharing all findings, results with an eager plea for others to disprove the idea. Over time, if enough smart, honest, apolitical research cannot find conclusive reasons to abandon the theory, it can generally be accepted with a caveat that future thinking and experiments may still overturn it someday.
That’s Science (capital “S” )
No Policy step in Scientific Method. Ever.
Storytelling of lies? The movie industry has been doing this for decades.
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