It just came out, but I am certainly interested in seeing how it is received.
I think that pop science magazines have an important role in giving social validation to new scientific ideas.
Academic publishing is so big that it is hard to tell what ideas are good; ordinary popular media have little concern for accuracy in reporting on science, but good pop science magazines often do a pretty good job of gatekeeper in explaining the true state of real science.
Good stuff.
Any idea how well the article was received?
It just came out, but I am certainly interested in seeing how it is received.
I think that pop science magazines have an important role in giving social validation to new scientific ideas.
Academic publishing is so big that it is hard to tell what ideas are good; ordinary popular media have little concern for accuracy in reporting on science, but good pop science magazines often do a pretty good job of gatekeeper in explaining the true state of real science.