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Category: Blogging • Science Reporting
Posted on: February 1, 2007 1:11 PM, by Coturnix
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What if you want to write for a scientific audience ? Blogs are not only useful for science dissemination.
Posted by: Pedro Beltrao | February 1, 2007 1:39 PM
Sure, that is a different style altogether.
But most of us (at least at this point in the history of blogging) write mainly for the lay audience. Or for scientists in different fields who would not otherwise be able to understand the actual papers - we bring in the history and context to explain why the presented work matters.
Posted by: coturnix | February 1, 2007 1:44 PM
I posted a comment over at Cognitive Daily. Dave's description is way too long to post on the side of my monitor. If you want the short version, according to me, it's "get the science right" or,
ACCURACY, ACCURACY, ACCURACY
Posted by: Larry Moran | February 1, 2007 3:42 PM
Ha! Of course. Without it all else is superflous. But once you get Accuracy right, Dave's advice is golden.
Posted by: coturnix | February 1, 2007 3:45 PM