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I keep thinking about something Dr. Sacoby Wilson ( @ceejhlab) sad during this episode. He talked about Ernest Boyer's five dimensions of science: discovery, teaching, integration, engagement, application. “If you’re not doing all five dimensions, you’re doing science science.” https://twitter.com/JacquelynGill/status/1353701340816539649
"I’m not curious about anything I work on when it comes to environmental justice. Because it’s macabre. “I’m curious about being poisoned,” basically, that is inhumane. Unethical..." 2/n
"So when we do science that only observes an issue or science that extracts from people’s experiences and doesn’t give back, that’s (in my opinion) bad science." 3/n
And later: "“Sacoby, my job is to publish.” No, you choose to publish only. “Well, Sacoby, it’s not my job to communicate the science beyond publications.” Let’s be real out there, fellow scientists...I’m not saying you shouldn’t publish, but let’s be honest..." 4/n
"Publications are about you...about your career. Y’all can push back on me; you can send me questions. Publications are not about solving social problems. Is a policy maker going to read your publication? 99% of the time I will say no to answer that question for y’all." 5/n
"Why is that?...When you only publish, that is not really doing comprehensive scientific communication...You should be doing briefs, white papers. You should be doing infographics. You should be creating maps, right? You should be in newspapers, on radio and on TV, Facebook." 6/n
"You should be doing Instagram. You should be doing tweets and you should be TikToking. How is your science getting to the people? How is your science getting to the policymakers?"
There's so much truth in this episode -- fellow scientists, I hope you check it out. 7/7.
There's so much truth in this episode -- fellow scientists, I hope you check it out. 7/7.
