Nils Reinton

"Finally, there is little reason to expect that traditional popular science approaches if applied to informing a wider public about science will ever be effective. These initiatives instead tend to reach a small audience of already informed science enthusiasts. The reason is that individuals are naturally "cognitive misers." Science communication efforts grapple with a wider public that is for the most part unable or uninterested in developing an in-depth understanding of scientific breakthroughs, and instead rely on cognitive shortcuts and heuristic decision making to help them reach opinions about policy-related matters (Popkin, 1991; Scheufele, 2006). The nature of the media system further exacerbates this human tendency. The increase in content choices available to a general audience, paired with decreasing public affairs news consumption across all age cohorts, makes widespread messaging difficult. Second, even leading national media outlets are investing less and less money in... more... - Nils Reinton from Bookmarklet

From someone on an pedestal on top of an extremely high horse inside an ivory tower: "The trick is to recognize the new ideas that may be on to something and ignore those that aren't. This isn't easy but experienced scientists have a pretty good track record. Inexperienced scientists may not be able to distinguish between legitimate challenges to dogma and ones that are frivolous." - Nils Reinton from Bookmarklet

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"This demonstrates to researchers that the genes on a Y chromosome are essential for meiosis and for sperm maturation." - ha ! males are not redundant yet. - Nils Reinton from Bookmarklet

"The authors write in conclusion: "The HPV-16/18 AS04-adjvanted vaccine showed high efficacy against CIN2+ that was associated with HPV-16/18 and non-vaccine oncogenic HPV types, and substantial overall effect in cohorts that are relevant to universal mass vaccination and catch-up programmes." - Nils Reinton from Bookmarklet

"DTC Genomics has a huge PR machine that will trick papers into writing bull$hit headlines and false claims....I.E. you cannot trust a single thing published in the lay press about genetic studies EVER!!!!!" - Nils Reinton from Bookmarklet

Quote: "Now a new study suggests that people have a moral 'set point'. Do a good deed, and the temptation is to make up for it by doing something naughty." - Nils Reinton

Quote: "MicroRNAs represent exciting cutting-edge biomarkers for present and future clinical use that are actively being investigated. Currently, there are three commercially available molecular diagnostic tests for cancer based on microRNAs, all from Rosetta Genomics." - Nils Reinton

Quote: "I think it is unwise to make science and scientists "sexy" and "trendy" and "famous." - ...??!!...!!!??....(lack of words) - Nils Reinton

"We show significantly lower protein oxidation (carbonylation) in Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) relative to mice, and a trend for lower oxidation in samples from cave myotis bats (Myotis velifer) relative to mice." - Nils Reinton from Bookmarklet

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