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SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Tracey Brown: Challenging the Misrepresentation of S
 cience and Evidence in Public Life
DESCRIPTION:Science and Society\nSpeaker: Tracey Brown\nInstitution: OBE\, 
 Sense About Science\, United Kingdom\nHost: Lucia von Bredow\nAbstract: Th
 ere is much concern about the public regard for standards and norms of evi
 dence and anxiety that carefully assembled facts and data are becoming see
 mingly dispensable. In 2016\, ‘post-truth’ officially entered the dictiona
 ry\; in the years since\, commentators have worried that societies are no 
 longer interested in the carefully assembled data and conclusions of scien
 tific inquiry. Across Europe\, conferences have sprung up among research a
 nd regulatory bodies asking how to operate in a world of Facebook filter b
 ubbles and alternative facts.\n\nAmid this anxiety\, we are in danger of s
 eeing only memes that reinforce it\, of believing that people just hear wh
 at they are already disposed to hear\, that there is no scope for persuasi
 on and factual credibility is pointless. Sense about Science’s experience 
 of working with the public tells a different story - in fact\, many differ
 ent stories\, of the public interest in sound science and evidence. That i
 nterest in science and evidence is borne out in surveys: scientists are st
 ill trusted to tell the truth and are the only group to enjoy consistently 
 strong public trust since the 1970s. In the UK\, an Ipsos MORI 2016 poll f
 ound that 86% of people want the government to consult experts on complex 
 subjects. Working with the public reminds us that monitoring and analysing 
 are key to public empowerment and democratic accountability\; and it expan
 ds our imagination about how researchers can collaborate with the public m
 ore effectively. Sense about Science's public-led\, expert-fed approach ha
 s served up some interesting lessons for discussion. The question before t
 he research world therefore is how to equip people to make sense of their 
 natural and social systems: how can we truly embark on those journeys toge
 ther\, with the public and in the public interest?\nLink: https://www.embl
 .de/aboutus/science_society/forum/forums_2021/26-02/\nStream link: https:/
 /medias01-web.embl.de/Mediasite/Login/SAML?ReturnUrl=%2fMediasite%2fPlay%2
 fc9692d64ff93495fbbd6eb8a2ad333381d\n
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