so, i’ve got soooo many things to talk about. that are somewhat science-related, but not specific enough to be “science news” or “ask science”. just spontaneous thoughts or analogies that i think of. i never know where to post them. showerthoughts? nah, i put more thoughts into it than that. ask lemmy? nah, it’s often not even a question, more a general remark. infodump? nah, it’s not well-enough researched for that. where do i put it?
What we really need are good science communicators, people who can explain science to people who are ignorant or afraid of it.
what i’ve found consistently is that science communicators lack proportionality. they will talk about one small detail excessively meanwhile ignoring the heap of knowledge that would be more important to the reader. i have always had an issue with this approach as it feels unfair - proportionality is at the heart of fairness.
so yeah, i hope to fix that hole in supply.
There a a hell of lot of sciencers that are good at that, or they can’t talk to anyone outside their field, even other sciencers. Source: me, working in vaccines, virology, microbiology etc. I have a lot of questions about other fields.
Edit: I will admit, being the science writer for outside communication/media makes a lot less money.