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Originally Posted by marki
If we are to educate and inform we need to make concessions and use our knowledge to put things into a form that the lay person can understand rather then overwhelm with techno-babble and drive them away. After all the mark of someone who really knows their stuff is that they can communicate difficult concepts to people who have little or no understanding in a simple palatable form.
Mark
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I agree. If somebody puts up a post with " So and so theory has been changed because of x and y. Interesting reading.", then expect questions from people who have been attracted to it in some form or kind because they want to learn more about it or discuss ..........and its interesting...of course.
Sure,
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Originally Posted by CraigS
It works both ways, too.
One has to do some work on one's own, in order to comprehend the advancements being made, and in order to even understand the questions, let alone the answers !
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and I think if it is interesting enough, one will do so.
Ive seen plenty of posts where a question has been put forward ( ie 'what telescope should I buy') and gleefully many a forum member would answer with their own personal experiences and helpful links. This is the question maker's form of 'research' as they are asking people in the know.
Upping the ante to more involved questions, for instance when a topic is talking about particle accelerators and the word 'muon' pops up, who better to ask than the poster them self?
A simple " a muon is blah blah and a helpfull link can be found
here" rather then " goto
here " or worse no response........
Will this clog the thread? It might to some degree, but think of the benifit would be that 'we' might have not scared somebody off. Me personally....I love it when somebody replies to a question I make......and get an answer....I understand. I can then maybe contribute a bit more to any type of discussion or understand a bit more when another discussion involving the same topic is raised.
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Originally Posted by multiweb
or the science forums should have a moderator who's a scientist.
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Depending on which scientist..... for instance, if there was a discussion about black holes , who would you want as the scientist to moderate....Hawking or Susskind?
Cheers
Bartman