SETI public: Skepticism with Wonder

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It appears a major paradigm shift is required in order to make any significant improvement in science communication. We need to understand more clearly how to engage public audiences and across multiple communication platforms - astrobiology has all the elements already and the potential to lead the change in approach for science communication in general.

The SETI Institute made a very interesting case study because of the cultural nature of its SETI experiment - it forced the Institute to think about public communication and education as an integral part of the research at an early stage rather than an 'add-on', which is the way I think it should be. The science teachers I've spoken with largely feel totally disconnected from cutting edge research - how then can they inspire our children with limited and often out of date resources?

http://www.astrobio.net/news/article678.html

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