Communication is Key
What
if you found the cure to devastating disease, but you were not able to explain
it to others/explain how it works? Scientists today are experiencing this
problem of bad public speaking. Through trying to explain it so non-science
people can understand, or that they have no communication skills that even
science people cannot understand you.
Science
is a very complex field to go into, so not everyone can do it. So when an every
day person wants to find out what new innovations, or new vaccines that have
been created they hit a brick wall. This is due to the fact either journalists
with no science knowledge are reporting on these subjects usually with wrong
data, or even the scientist that collected the data cannot express it to the
public because they do not know how. People such as Marcus Du Sautoy main goals
are to teach students in the science field public communication. So as they
progress in their careers and make discoveries they are able to communicate it
to the public. Research and experiments is only the half of it, your research
is not complete until it is expressed to the public; an example is the drug
penicillin. It was discovered in the 1920’s, but not given to the public
audience until the 1940’s because the scientist never published his findings.
This drug if broadcasted when discovered would have save millions of lives in
WWII. Science has made giant leaps as each year passes, so communication is
more necessary then ever.
After
reading these articles and seeing the video, this class is ever most important
to me know. My dream career path is to go into medicine, and know I know that
public communication is a huge part of it know. If I want to be successful, I need
to be able to talk to my patients, and publish my findings. This class will put
me on the right path in order to accomplish my objectives.
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