There has been a flurry of articles of late listing important things that scientists, politicians and the public should know about each other. I am logging them here because I enjoyed each of the pieces and think it likely that I will want to consult them in future.<\/p>\n
First to appear was the piece by William Sutherland, David Spiegelhalter and Mark Burgman\u00a0that was published in Nature<\/em> on 20th November \u2014\u00a0Policy: Twenty tips for interpreting scientific claims<\/a>. Their list mutated mysteriously into the\u00a0Top 20 things politicians need to know about science<\/a>\u00a0when reported in the Guardian<\/em>.<\/p>\n In reply a\u00a0couple of weeks later Chris Tyler, the director of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology<\/a> and someone deeply involved with policy makers,\u00a0listed his\u00a0Top 20 things scientists need to know about policy-making<\/a>.<\/p>\n That wasn’t the end of it. Just two days after Tyler, Roland Jackson of Sciencewise<\/a>, a body devoted to fostering public discourse about science policy, sought to remind both scientists and policy makers about the general public by itemising\u00a012 things policy-makers and scientists should know about the public<\/a>.<\/p>\n And that is the end for now. I did think momentarily of summarising the contents of these articles using a carefully constructed Venn diagram but then recovered my senses. Nevertheless I recommend each of them as a worthwhile read for anyone interested in the intersection of science, people and policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There has been a flurry of articles of late listing important things that scientists, politicians and the public should know about each other. I am logging them here because I enjoyed each of the pieces and think it likely that … Continue reading