[ExI] need a new word/suffix

Adrian Tymes atymes at gmail.com
Tue Jan 12 00:07:43 UTC 2016


On Jan 11, 2016 3:15 AM, "Anders Sandberg" <anders at aleph.se> wrote:
> On 2016-01-11 01:35, William Flynn Wallace wrote:
>>   Problem is:  how do we make any neologism popular?
>
> http://www.aleph.se/Trans/Cultural/Memetics/memecycle.html
>
> Basically, it needs to be memorable, have some bait (like being cool,
fun, apposite), and easy to use. Specialized neologisms spread through
writing more than everyday ones.

I wonder how much of effective science communication is distilling concepts
into short, easy to understand, and hard to misinterpret summaries.
(Intent: let those who read or hear your words repeat them to people beyond
your immediate audience.  This both gets a bigger audience, and more firmly
establishes it in your primary audience's minds.)  In short: making science
into memes.

And if this is why explaining things in several paragraph long emails
usually fails, unless you already have the audience's interest (such as an
article or thesis that someone sought out for a more detailed look at
something they were already interested in).

In that context, I wonder if it might be useful to teach, to those who will
be doing science communication, the art of accurately overviewing a topic
in a single PowerPoint slide.
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