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Originally Posted by zuluking
I don't know how this impacts openness and free discourse within the science community.
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As has been pointed out, it doesn't.
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Originally Posted by zuluking
Isn't that what scientists care about?
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Being able to educate the public and other scientists about your findings is important too, especially in an environment where people actively deny science for ideological or other reasons.
Plus a lot of discourse in science occurs outside the journals.
Look at the TED talk Thor posted in the science thread, if you were a scientist invited to talk about your research but either couldn't or just had to wait for approval from the government to do so, or have your responses limited to a pre-set script... that's a chilling effect IMO.
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Originally Posted by zuluking
Of course, soundbites and sensationalizing got the climate scientists fame, fortune and all the big grants, so I guess I can see why they're grumpy about not having unimpeded access to / from the media.
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