Science dialogues

Talking about it, writing about it, trying to convey what science is all about... But it is also about learning to listen, allowing a two-way traffic to emerge in the dialogue, acknowledging that society can not fail to share certain types of enthusiasm and stake out ethical boundaries. The idea is not to inform and communicate so as to know what is going on or be 'in' but to reflect the basic democratic challenges of a society seeking to progress with the agenda of knowledge. A society divided into the information-rich and information-poor could find itself in an insurmountable situation. Unless it embraces an information and communication strategy.

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