Scientists are funny. Thursday at AAAS
It's AAAS weekend, which means I'm posting my traditional "scientists are funny" posts.
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Scientists communicating challenging issues
Moderator Introduces panel "in the order in which the wisdom shall be received"
Talking to journalists - "I've gotten good at giving an answer to the question I wish had been asked instead of the question they did ask." (Noah)
"There are very few people who have to worry about what the effect of being the next Carl Sagan will have on their careers." (Noah)
"Research on researchers indicates that they are willing to use wikipedia, but are not willing to admit to their colleagues that they use wikipedia." (Noah)
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Public engagement for scientists.
"To start I want to complicate the ideas or in worse language, problematize it."
"We try to decide where, when, and how many scientists to deploy" (Liz)
"I invited myself to give sermons in local churches..." (Nalini)
[project] "received attention from a variety of prestigious publications from CNN to Playboy. Most of which was appreciated by the plan administrators." (Nalini)
"COASST - where people get to walk along the beach and play CSI with dead birds" (Heidi)
Anthony -
"Some scientsts beating on my door wanting me to write press releases. Others would see me walk down the hall and run."
"I'm going to skip that slide, it has a typo and it annoys me." (anthony)
"If you have a swim group- get into that boys' locker room and talk about ocean acidification - they're obviously interested in water!" (Nalini)
"I didn't start my prison program because I wanted to start a national program. I wanted people to help me grow moss . i needed people with a lot of time on their hands. Hey! Prisoners!" (sustainability in prisons network.) (Nalini)
"We'll take a question from Sean who is about to receive the young scientist award. [clapping].
"Well I better think of a better question now."
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Trellis Software basically
Suzanne's chat to her family and JJ.
"Do I care about AAAS's new collaboration software?"
"No."
"Would I like some coffee and a cupcake?"
"Gods yes, show me your software."
SKM snark - so scientists complain about too many profiles, passwords, and UIs. Oh - so you decided the obvious solution was to make another one?
question from older female scientist holding a cupcake, "So can anyone join this? I've got some real weirdos at my university. I don't know if any of you have weirdos. But I've got'em"
[answer from panel]
"So even Jr. Einstein could join....?"
"Yes. Jr Einstein could join a public group."
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President's address.
Host - Philip Sharp trying to introduce Janet Napolitano
"We're also lucky to have Janet Nepa,...pola..ti... I will get that someday."
"I'd Like to welcome Janet napol...latiti..? Shoot. "
"So now please join me in welcoming Janet napoleonati? Oh never mind."
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President Fink's presentation was awesome.
[Clears throat, arranges notes. looks up at audience and pauses.] "Hi."
Speaking of what came to be known as junk DNA. "Well you could give it a name that defies explanation. You could call it dark matter. But that's been taken."
Without a definition of the gene that includes DNA that codes non-protein producing RNAs... Geneticists sleep like ... babies. They wake up every 2 hours crying.
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Scientists communicating challenging issues
Moderator Introduces panel "in the order in which the wisdom shall be received"
Talking to journalists - "I've gotten good at giving an answer to the question I wish had been asked instead of the question they did ask." (Noah)
"There are very few people who have to worry about what the effect of being the next Carl Sagan will have on their careers." (Noah)
"Research on researchers indicates that they are willing to use wikipedia, but are not willing to admit to their colleagues that they use wikipedia." (Noah)
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Public engagement for scientists.
"To start I want to complicate the ideas or in worse language, problematize it."
"We try to decide where, when, and how many scientists to deploy" (Liz)
"I invited myself to give sermons in local churches..." (Nalini)
[project] "received attention from a variety of prestigious publications from CNN to Playboy. Most of which was appreciated by the plan administrators." (Nalini)
"COASST - where people get to walk along the beach and play CSI with dead birds" (Heidi)
Anthony -
"Some scientsts beating on my door wanting me to write press releases. Others would see me walk down the hall and run."
"I'm going to skip that slide, it has a typo and it annoys me." (anthony)
"If you have a swim group- get into that boys' locker room and talk about ocean acidification - they're obviously interested in water!" (Nalini)
"I didn't start my prison program because I wanted to start a national program. I wanted people to help me grow moss . i needed people with a lot of time on their hands. Hey! Prisoners!" (sustainability in prisons network.) (Nalini)
"We'll take a question from Sean who is about to receive the young scientist award. [clapping].
"Well I better think of a better question now."
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Trellis Software basically
Suzanne's chat to her family and JJ.
"Do I care about AAAS's new collaboration software?"
"No."
"Would I like some coffee and a cupcake?"
"Gods yes, show me your software."
SKM snark - so scientists complain about too many profiles, passwords, and UIs. Oh - so you decided the obvious solution was to make another one?
question from older female scientist holding a cupcake, "So can anyone join this? I've got some real weirdos at my university. I don't know if any of you have weirdos. But I've got'em"
[answer from panel]
"So even Jr. Einstein could join....?"
"Yes. Jr Einstein could join a public group."
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President's address.
Host - Philip Sharp trying to introduce Janet Napolitano
"We're also lucky to have Janet Nepa,...pola..ti... I will get that someday."
"I'd Like to welcome Janet napol...latiti..? Shoot. "
"So now please join me in welcoming Janet napoleonati? Oh never mind."
-----
President Fink's presentation was awesome.
[Clears throat, arranges notes. looks up at audience and pauses.] "Hi."
Speaking of what came to be known as junk DNA. "Well you could give it a name that defies explanation. You could call it dark matter. But that's been taken."
Without a definition of the gene that includes DNA that codes non-protein producing RNAs... Geneticists sleep like ... babies. They wake up every 2 hours crying.