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...task about making science a more integral part of the campaign, yet they were reluctant to because they thought it wasn't quite worth reaching "a niche audience." That's sort of a catch-22, isn't it? How do we overcome that? It's incredibly difficult. The only thing we can do is continue to work really hard to show why science is relevant to other audiences. We have to make it resonate for them and that also means - and this is what is tricky for scientists - not giving them a scientifically detailed message but a message that...
...worry about the dumbing down of science? I worry about being accused of dumbing down by scientists, but people need to be realistic. Inaccuracy is bad, but simplification and accuracy are not the same. Simplification is a wonderful thing. There should be more of it. That needs to be respected...
...this much seems indisputable: simply by calling for a more open Russia and denouncing the myopia and ignorance of "the power," Lebedev is helping to make room for a new kind of politics. This is the overwhelming sense you get when speaking with him: that possibilities are opening, that things are happening that you are only vaguely aware of. You sense - you hope - that these things will somehow deliver Russia from its current doldrums, and they may very well do that. Lebedev is in charge of this puppet show. And that must be a good thing...
...know that he was shot - that's all. I was not interested in finding out how he was shot, but whoever that was deserved some credit. The most important thing is that he is no more. I would have preferred to bring him here and have a chat with him. I have never seen this...
Some of these experiments may seem ethically dubious or just icky, but they're also examples of a simple truth: whether you read it online or watch it on TV, there's no such thing as free news. Someone, somewhere, is paying for it, be it in money or in time. And journalists are under pressure to become more creative in paying that bill. (See the top 10 newspaper movies...