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

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

Solutions: Researchers of different disciplines need tools to bridge the gaps between disciplines and find a common language to communicate effectively

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. 

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

Hypothesis 2 (Solution) of Ellie Murray tweet


Jose-Luis Jimenez tweets a solution for the problem of different terminology

Scientists need a way to quickly access different definitions and context of use of a term with an emphasis on how definitions vary across disciplines

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