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Popularisation brings science close to people
RE SEARCH: PUTTING THE RESEARCHER FIRST
Popularisation brings science close to people
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Science produces knowledge that is as reliable and influential as possible. It is one of the most important inventions of humanity. Comprehension of the scientific method and, above all, understanding the results of science belongs to everybody.
When we understand and adopt information that is based on scientific research, any of us can use it to promote personal health and comprehensive wellbeing.
I would see that making science more down to earth gives the researcher a voice and brings more visibility to valuable studies and their overall evidence.
Academic snobbery alienates the public from reliable research results because of how it is oriented to researchers and the difficulty of terms. In addition to long-term research, the most important tasks of science are to increase understanding and learning. This becomes real Juha Hulmi is Finland’s most popular exercise and nutrition blogger, known as “the muscle doctor”.
when research results are explained clearly and in common language.
Researchers and science must have the courage to come close enough to people so that unreliable information does not get too much of a foothold. Even though the purpose of science is not to entertain, popularisation may create some entertainment value and bring more visibility to important research results.
When people are interested in science and its achievements, they can approach science more easily and grasp its significance.