Why is it so hard to accept that not everybody can stay awake while reading a scientific article?
I’m a PhD researcher and even I struggle staying awake sometimes.
No seriously, I fully agree, scientific articles are written for a specific, niche audience, i.e. not the general public.
But science should be communicated to the public, in as accessible a format as possible.
If you fail to do that, you get people saying “science is boring”, or worse, mistrust of science like it exists today.
And another thing: this shouldn’t be either-or between watching a video and reading an article.
Watch the video, get a general understanding of the topic, see if it interests you.
If you want to know more, dive into the article to deepen that understanding.
I guarantee you’ll get a better understanding that way, because watching the video has already given you a general structure of the topic.
Reading then serves to add details in that structure.
The elitist attitude that “videos can’t teach you anything” or “information is worthless if consumed as a video” just bothers me. It’s just contra productive to the goal of disseminating knowledge and understanding to completely ignore or belittle one medium.
I’m a PhD researcher and even I struggle staying awake sometimes.
No seriously, I fully agree, scientific articles are written for a specific, niche audience, i.e. not the general public. But science should be communicated to the public, in as accessible a format as possible. If you fail to do that, you get people saying “science is boring”, or worse, mistrust of science like it exists today.
And another thing: this shouldn’t be either-or between watching a video and reading an article. Watch the video, get a general understanding of the topic, see if it interests you. If you want to know more, dive into the article to deepen that understanding. I guarantee you’ll get a better understanding that way, because watching the video has already given you a general structure of the topic. Reading then serves to add details in that structure.
Why is it so hard for you to accept that some of us don’t want to watch a video. If I want an overview I’ll read the abstract. That’s what it’s for.
Until that poster gave the link to the article there was only video. No, the description in the video did not contain the link to the article.
Good for you if you like video, but leave those of us who just want the text alone. Don’t downvote the text version out of spite.
Thanks, I fully agree with you.
The elitist attitude that “videos can’t teach you anything” or “information is worthless if consumed as a video” just bothers me. It’s just contra productive to the goal of disseminating knowledge and understanding to completely ignore or belittle one medium.