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by omrjml 2059 days ago
The problem here are the writers, not the readers. Most people are just not good writers and good at communicating complex ideas clearly. But the obsession with publishing research in journal articles format means there are a lot of reluctant writers writing on unengaging platforms.
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I think Asimov explored this idea a little in one of his short stories.

I think there should be scientists and science writers. These writers should be employed by research institutions. Their job should be to understand the concepts and explain them in simple words.

I feel this would give the science world a lot more accessibility.

My problems with science papers have always been that the statistics have been written incomprehensibly (no layman knows what a p-number is) and that they repeat themselves so much that half the paper is just nothing