Response discusses simplification challenges in public scientific testimony, highlighting a new communication strategy.
In their perceptive and constructive discussion of Scientific Testimony , Gelfert and Schneider articulate important challenges regarding simplification of public scientific testimony. In this response, I argue that while proper simplification is a hard task with many pitfalls, it is a task that may be guided by the science communication strategy— Justification Reporting —that I set forth in the book.
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