Ellie Murray tweets about how misinterpretation between scientists across disciplines about significant findings happens because the assumption that scientists from other disciplines understand the context of a paper or use the same vocabulary. 

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

"This pandemic has scientists & scholars from a multitude of fields all working towards a common goal, which is good!

But it means when we write our research findings, we can no longer assume shared context or jargon among our readers. 

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There’s been a fair amount of discussion of the dangers of pre-prints being misinterpreted by the public or journalists. 

But, we don’t talk about a potentially more dangerous issue: scientists & scholars in other disciplines getting the wrong message b/c they lack key context

This is a big problem for a lot of reasons. First, many of the misconceptions among the public & journalists are being reinforced by scientists or scholars who, lacking key expertise, fail to understand the significance (or lack thereof) of a research finding.

Second, since combating the pandemic is our shared goal, any failure to communicate between scientists & scholars creates a barrier to achieving that goal, and thus has a cost in human lives lost."

- @epiellie

Ellie Murray tweets about how to communicate with other scientists from other disciplines to collaborate

Analysis of Ellie Murray tweet

Scientists coming from different disciplines lack key context which can also come from lack of knowledge in a specific area. 

Hypothesis of Ellie Murray tweet

Information should be structured hierarchal system so that scientists understand prerequisite concepts.  

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